OU to show HBO Alzheimer’s special

A special, free showing of a three-part documentary about Alzheimer’s disease, a progressive form of dementia, will come to Ottawa next week.

The HBO-sponsored program, “Hopeless — The Alzheimer’s Project” will be screened beginning 6:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Ottawa University Chapel, 1001 S. Cedar St., chapel room 100, according to the East Central Kansas Area Agency on Aging.

The agency has purchased the program to show to area families and residents affected by the disease. The first program is called “Momentum in Science.”

Other parts of the program:

• “The Memory Loss Tapes” — 6:30 p.m. Nov. 16.

• “Caregivers & Grandpa, do you know who I am?” — 6:30 p.m. Nov. 18.

For more information, call the agency at (785) 242-7200.