Emmerdale star in Lancaster for dementia event

A TV star will visit Lancaster to take part in a pioneering project designed to help people with dementia.
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Emmerdale - Ep 7699

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This special one off episode sets to offer the audience an insight into the life of someone with dementia. Throughout this episode the camerawork and editing will be given a distinctively different feel to show Ashley Thomas' [JOHN MIDDLETON] point of view as confused he leaves the hospital and makes his way out onto the streets alone.   

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Emmerdale - Ep 7699

Tuesday 20 December 2016

This special one off episode sets to offer the audience an insight into the life of someone with dementia. Throughout this episode the camerawork and editing will be given a distinctively different feel to show Ashley Thomas' [JOHN MIDDLETON] point of view as confused he leaves the hospital and makes his way out onto the streets alone.   

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Photographer - Amy Brammall

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FROM ITV STRICT EMBARGO - No Use Tuesday 13 December 2016 - Please check for any earlier publications. Emmerdale - Ep 7699 Tuesday 20 December 2016 This special one off episode sets to offer the audience an insight into the life of someone with dementia. Throughout this episode the camerawork and editing will be given a distinctively different feel to show Ashley Thomas' [JOHN MIDDLETON] point of view as confused he leaves the hospital and makes his way out onto the streets alone. Picture contact: [email protected] on 0161 952 6214 Photographer - Amy Brammall This photograph is (C) ITV Plc and can only be reproduced for editorial purposes directly in connection with the programme or event mentioned above, or ITV plc. Once made available by ITV plc Picture Desk, this photograph can be reproduced once only up until the transmission [TX] date and no reproduction fee will be charged. Any subsequent usage may incur a fee. This photograph must not be manipulated [excluding basic cropping] in a manner w

John Middleton, who starred in Emmerdale as vicar Ashley Thomas, will be one of the speakers at a two-day festival in the city.

John learned much about what it’s like to live with dementia while playing the role and will talk about his experience at The Dukes on May 17.

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The Dukes is celebrating three years of its work for people with dementia by staging a festival from May 17-18.

“Staging a national event like this is an exciting development for The Dukes,” said Gil Graystone, The Dukes inclusive film and theatre officer and festival organiser.

“Please join us to explore, share and discover how the arts are revealing new ways of entering the world of people living with dementia and helping them to continue enjoying richer fuller lives.”

The guest speakers joining John at Creative Adventures in Dementia will be Wendy Mitchell, author of Somebody I Used To Know, the first memoir written by someone living with dementia.

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Journalist and author, Nicci Gerrard will also take to the stage. Nicci is the co-founder of John’s Campaign for the right to stay with people with dementia in hospitals and for the right of people with dementia to be supported by their family.

The festival will show how the Lancaster theatre’s A Life More Ordinary project has touched the lives of people living with dementia. Creative Adventures in Dementia is open to people living with dementia, family, friends, health and care professionals, artists, researchers and clinical commissioning teams. To book call 01524 598501.

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