www.Hadjin.com A Town No MoreBob and Dolores Haig
Bob Haig was recently featured in the PBS Special "Almost home" Press Release: TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2006 "Almost Home, a cinema verité documentary about a year in the life of people who live and work in an “old age home,” rescues the true stories of older adults and those who care for them from an exile of denial. It’s a story of one community trying to make a difference, shucking the institutional trappings of traditional nursing homes in favor of a place where we could all imagine ourselves feeling truly “at home.” Bob Haig is a healthy 90-year-old who still works in the photography studio where he made portraits of nearly every famous Milwaukeean. He is struggling to adjust to the disappearance of Dolores, his wife who is succumbing to Alzheimer's. Angry at losing her and the globetrotting life they once shared, he sometimes lashes out at the nursing home staff. Other times he pretends that the disease doesn't exist, dressing her each morning complete with full makeup, and taking her to parties. He eventually comes to terms with Dolores' fate, and is left to wrestle with his own loneliness. Update: Bob and Dolores continue to spend lots of time together, and Bob's relationship with the staff is mostly harmonious these days. Though he was briefly hospitalized for a bout of dizziness, Bob is still devoted to his routine of work, civic engagement and church. He hosted the filmmakers for a presentation of ALMOST HOME to his Rotary Club chapter last February. http://www.almosthomedoc.org/
Fidieh Hadjincies in Adana Bob Haig is the little boy with the drum (Artin Hodja Babyan) |
