[5] The documentary includes interviews with renowned neurologists who explain how creative activities engage areas of the brain that are not damaged by the disease and thus reawaken a sense of personality, identity and dignity.

[11] In 2014 and 2015, the film broadcast nationwide on public television stations in the United States during November Alzheimer's Awareness month.

[12][13] I Remember Better When I Paint has been released as part of a DVD package which includes the documentary and a series of short supplemental films that further highlight special programs and flesh out the how-tos of organizing an outing, a creative workshop or recreating social bonds between people with Alzheimer's and their families.

[14] The documentary's Twitter was named a 2015 finalist in the charity category of the Shorty Awards,[15] an annual event that honors the best in social media.

[16] In 2020, the account was named among the top ten best on Twitter in the annual WEGO Health Activists Awards.