Reminding Sheila

Over 500,000 people in the UK have a dementia diagnosis. However, the actual number is thought to be much higher as there are many who are currently living with the condition, undiagnosed.

Rock music and goldfish loving grandmother, Sheila, is one of these.

Suffering with depression after the death of her beloved husband, Sheila lives with her disabled daughter, Leanne, and her family; ever-cautious husband, Tim, and intelligent son, Charlie. When Sheila is told by a doctor that her depression may actually be the early stages of dementia, she convinces herself that she is destined to lose her husband again. Not wanting to die with no memory of her loved ones, Sheila runs away with her pet goldfish, a jar of two pence coins and her late husband's ashes to the seaside town where they first met; intending to end her life with her memories still intact.
After discovering Sheila's suicide note, Leanne, Tim and Charlie race to the coast to prevent the worst from happening. However, upon Sheila's arrival, her path crosses with that of an elderly, but still aspiring, pub singer; Albert. The movie-quoting, Frank Sinatra wannabe takes a shine to Sheila and attempts to show her a more optimistic view of life.

Will Sheila see sense before it is too late and realise that, although we may forget the things in our head, no one - or anything - can take away the things we keep in our heart?