The daily commitment of the team directed by Elena Sodanowhich, within the Ra.Gi., in Catanzaro Centerensures protection, freedom and dignity to people with dementia, attracted the attention of the cameras of Raitre.
The journalist Domenico Iannaconewith their gaze always aimed at those who live on the margins of the company, stopped in the comfortable space which, in the heart of the historic city center, recognized as Dementia Friendly Community, guarantees a perimeter of protection to those who are losing memories, words, loved faces.
“For four days, in February, Iannacone, together with his careful and silent troupe, was a guest of the Day Center, living side by side with those who face the weight every day – but also the beauty – of a condition too often told with fear or pity. Among therapists and people with dementia, he crossed the gaze of lives that pulsate, despite the disease. He listened to the voices of the family, their solitudes, Answer ”says Sodano, announcing that the guests of the Day Center of the Ra.Gi., Tuesday 20 May, at 9.20 pm, will be the protagonists of the program” I am doing it here “on Raitre.
Shiny eyes, tense hands, caresses suspended over time mark the journey into human fragility as well as in the silent force of those who resist and manage to express their emotions. Like Pino, locked up as a child in the asylum, without fault.
It is an unpublished story of a humanity that, unfortunately, many cannot see without the filter of compassion. Iannacone, gently, browsing the stories of people with dementia, but also of their families, leaving the book of their lives open.
“He discovered, perhaps he too with amazement, the naturalness with which people with dementia still know how to love, laugh and tell each other. He listened to without invading, he walked next to us with the light step of those who know that certain stories must be gathered with respect to return to the world with truth. Thus was born the authentic story that will vibrate the soul of the whole of Italy, teaching to look at the dementia with human eyes” By inviting everyone to tune in, Tuesday 20 May, on Raitre, to find out how cure and dignity can become a form of love that, despite the fragility of the mind, never forgets.