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Sundance: Vancouver filmmaker bravely, honestly documents life with multiple sclerosis
Jason DaSilva’s When I Walk makes its debut this week at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
Jason DaSilva’s When I Walk makes its debut this week at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.
PARK CITY, UTAH — Jason DaSilva always wanted to come back to the Sundance Film Festival, but he never thought he’d do it in a wheelchair.
A graduate of Vancouver’s Emily Carr University and a veteran director of short films, including Olivia’s Puzzle, which was invited to Sundance in 2003, DaSilva’s life took a turn for the tragic when he was diagnosed with primary progressive multiple sclerosis in 2006.
“I was on holiday with my family and I couldn’t get up.”
We actually see this moment in the sand in his film, When I Walk, which will screen at Sundance as part of the documentary premieres section.
At the time, DaSilva was a 25-year-old man in the prime of his life. He had a string of pretty girlfriends, a promising career in movies and a cool apartment in Vancouver’s West Village.
But everything in his life changed. Very quickly.
Success of personal health budget following Norfolk pilot
Scheme will be rolled out across the country next year.
By Adam Gretton Saturday, January 19, 2013
6:30 AM
A scheme to give patients more control over their care has been hailed as a success by health chiefs and patients in Norfolk who trialled a NHS pilot.
NHS Norfolk and Waveney rolled out a personal health budget initiative two years ago, which is set to be made available across the country from next year.
The primary care trust (PCT) is pioneering the scheme in the east and allows patients with long-term, complex needs to have control over how money is spent on their care.
Health and Clinical Commissioning Groups
Lee Stribling
Why do you need to know this?
You’ve probably realised by now that issues around types of care, funding, assessment and all things dementia related are not straightforward. At some point the person you care for will have contact with Health professionals such as their GP. I thought it would be useful to explain the current structure (November 2012) so you could see how things are linked. I’ll also talk about CCGs (the Clinical Commissioning Groups) as these are groups of doctors who decide how the budget is spent as well as signposting you to resources about how things will look from April 2013.
If there is a lack of provision for services for people with dementia in your area, you may wish to contact the CCG to highlight this gap so that they can make decisions as to whether this is a local need. CCGs are comprised of other people too, including those who use services and you may wish to be involved in this.
