oh, no. come on, we re getting out. no, i m not talking to anybody. i m just going to sleep. with alzheimer s, everything gets harder. wait. jo. ..even a routine supermarket run. jo. jo, hang on. jo, this way. i m not going shopping at all. i m going home. don t walk away, please. jo. i have to pay. what? how was that shop? better than normal. better than normal? better than normal. it s such hard work, though. is this sustainable? well, bill wants to keepjo at home, but he s realistic. i ve looked into residential care and, you know, residential care costs £1,500 a week. you heard that right. £1,500 a week. a few care homes charge less, many charge a lot more. i m going to put our pyjamas on. it s thought that more than 200,000 people will develop the disease in 2023. there s your tablets and water.
in the car? yeah, we re going out to do some shopping. and we rejoining them. oh, no. come on, we re getting out. no, i m not talking to anybody. i m just going to sleep. with alzheimer s, everything gets harder. wait. jo. ..even a routine supermarket run. jo. jo, hang on. jo, this way. i m not going shopping at all. i m going home. don t walk away, please. jo. i have to pay. what? how was that shop? better than normal. better than normal? better than normal. it s such hard work, though. is this sustainable? well, bill wants to keepjo at home, but he s realistic. i ve looked into residential care and, you know, residential care costs £1,500 a week. you heard that right. £1,500 a week. a few care homes charge less, many charge a lot more.
..even a routine supermarket run. jo. jo, hang on. jo, this way. i m not going shopping at all. i m going home. don t walk away, please. jo. i have to pay. what? how was that shop? better than normal. better than normal? better than normal. it s such hard work, though. is this sustainable? well, bill wants to keepjo at home, but he s realistic. i ve looked into residential care and, you know, residential care costs £1,500 a week. you heard that right. £1,500 a week. a few care homes charge less, many charge a lot more. i m going to put our pyjamas on. it s thought that more than 200,000 people will develop the disease in 2023. there s your tablets and water. it s bedtime forjo. you need some, because you ve just put a tablet in.
made my mind up yet. the isolation of alzheimer s is devastating to see. my number one girl. this isjo s story, but it s bill s story, too. i love you to bits, don t i? he s desperate for a break, but doesn t know where to turn. stand up. help me, jo, help me. i was trying to help you. no, don t sit down again. stand up. i phoned 42 care homes to look for a respite bed forjo and didn t get one that was prepared to. to offer respite care. the social care system, everyone knows it s broken. jump in the car. in the car? yeah, we re going out to do some shopping. and we rejoining them. oh, no. come on, we re getting out. no, i m not talking to anybody. i m just going to sleep. with alzheimer s, everything gets harder. wait. jo. ..even a routine supermarket run.
alzheimer s is cruel, devastating, isolating. my number one girl. so this isjo s story, but it s bill s story, too. i love you to bits, don t i? and he s invited us in to see their lives, to see the impact of what he describes as the care crisis. up, stand up. help me, jo, help me. no, don t sit down again. i ve phoned 42 care homes to look for a respite bed forjo and didn t get one that was prepared to offer respite care. the social care system, everyone knows it s broken. jo is just one of so many living with dementia. it s estimated there will be more than 200,000 new cases this year alone. we need to get some shopping. no, i m not talking to anybody. i m just going to sleep. with alzheimer s, everything gets harder. even a routine supermarket run.