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Aging & Long-Term Care
Aging in America (441)
This riveting documentary introduces us to aging athletes, activists, wranglers and strippers, and to inmates growing old in our nation's prisons. A compassionate, often surprising glimpse into the real lives of those who are reaching their "golden" years in the first part of the twenty-first century. (56 minutes)
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Agitation...It's a Sign (285)
Shows appropriate and compassionate techniques which can prevent or diffuse patients' anxiety, agitation and aggression. (14 minutes)
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Alzheimer's Disease: Inside Looking Out (376)
Through the stories of eight people with Alzheimer's disease, this touching video gives viewers a real and vivid sense of what it's like to experience the early stages of progressive memory loss. (19 minutes)
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Alzheimers Care Series (904)
This three-part series addresses common but often misunderstood behaviors of patients with Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia. With the methods of interaction and intervention presented, caregivers can redirect and defuse these behaviors while keeping patients' dignity intact. (42 minutes)
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Another Home for Mom (077)
A couple confront the difficult decision of whether to place the husband's mother, who has Alzheimer's disease, in a nursing home. (27 minutes)
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Beauty In Aging (468)
From a group of friends who share their experiences of normal aging, to a woman stricken with facial paralysis, to nursing home beauty contestants, to an 85-year-old social butterfly and humanitarian, this program, compiled from excerpts from four videos, allows women to speak for themselves about the transitions of aging. (30 minutes)
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Breathe Easy (483)
When 78-year-old Lois Perelman recently developed Emphysema, she was devastated at the thought that she would have to carry an oxygen tank around for the rest of her life. Determined not to let her own past stereotypes of people on oxygen affect her enthusiasm for life, she set out to change the tape in her own head — and society’s views of aging and disability as well. (8 minutes)
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Caring...Sharing (115)
Explores the frustrations, fears, loneliness, anger and guilt — as well as the moments of joy — experienced by those who care for loved ones with Alzheimer's Disease. (38 minutes)
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The Checker King (411)
Fighting poor health and depression, 81-year-old Harold O'Brien journeys to the National Checker Championship after losing his wife, Norma. This warm and inspiring story is honest about the darker realities of aging and depression. (39 minutes)
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Dress Him While He Walks (310)
This sensitive and realistic video addresses several difficult behavior patterns of Alzheimer's patients. It demonstrates practical ways of dealing with behaviors such as wandering, angry outbursts, and delusions. (20 minutes)
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Everyday Choices (385)
Through the story of one young visiting nurse and her elderly patient, Gerardo, this challenging documentary explores personal, professional, and ethical dilemmas faced by nurses working in home care and community settings. (28 minutes)
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Family Matters (455)
Brings to life the emotional challenge of accepting the diagnosis that a family member has Alzheimer's disease, and of finding new ways to relate and communicate within the family. It's a frightening and humbling journey, but this engaging program offers some guideposts along the way. (27 minutes)
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The Freedom Program (289)
Stresses the impact which minimizing the use of physical restraints can have on the patient care; demonstrates ways to minimize and find simple alternative to restraints. (13 minutes)
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From Rules to Caring Practices (332)
This training package addresses ethical issues faced by frontline home care and adult daycare workers providing services to the elderly. (16 minutes)
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Front Wards, Back Wards (472)
They were called idiots, simpletons and fools, and for 160 years Fernald State School — America’s first institution for people who were then labeled mentally retarded — was where they would stay. Through the recollections of staff, residents and families, this program profiles the evolution of our attitudes toward people with developmental disabilities. (57 minutes)
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Gray Days (444)
The U.S. has experienced a dramatic increase in the number of elderly men and women in state and federal prisons. This troubling documentary introduces us to two elderly prison inmates, inviting discussion of the universal issues raised by this situation. (14 minutes)
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Grey, Black and Blue: Nursing Home Violence (498)
In this very disturbing documentary, CBC journalist take their sometimes concealed cameras into a variety of long-term care facilities to reveal patterns across North America of patients abusing other patients and what is being done — or more often not done — about it. (26 minutes)
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Growing Up and Growing Old (365)
Who will care for the estimated 14 million people who will soon need long-term care? How will we pay for it? Meet several caregivers who are struggling daily with the problems of caring for elderly parents or clients. (56 minutes)
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He's Doing This to Spite Me (311)
In this frank video, three caregivers openly share their experiences of conflict and frustration in interactions with their loved one who has dementia. These scenes are integrated with comments and guidance from professionals in dementia care. (22 minutes)
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The Healing Arts: A New Pathway to Health (471)
This compelling and evocative documentary profiles a unique program which uses the arts in an innovative treatment approach for people living with chronic, disabling physical and emotional challenges. It integrates technology, writing, music, theater, dance, and other arts into patient care, staff training, and wellness programs. (28 minutes)
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Healthy Relationships (253)
Nurses discuss the value of primary nursing, and how they sustain the continuity of caring relationships through multiple admissions, transfers, and eventual discharge to the home. (15 minutes)
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I'm Pretty Old (143)
An engaging look at several elderly men and woman as they adapt to the realities of living in a nursing home. (20 minutes)
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Lest We Forget: Silent Voices (490)
Documenting the least-known part of the civil rights movement, these are the first-person stories of people with developmental disabilities — labeled “mentally defective” — who were sent away to state institutions. It also features the voices of the mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters who were left behind, as well as pioneering professionals and advocates who put their own lives and careers in jeopardy to change the system. (42 minutes)
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More than a Failing Heart (355)
Family members describe examples of the best of end-of-life care, and of the worst, and reveal how competent and compassionate physicians and nurses can change the end-of-life experience. (25 minutes)
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More Than Skin Deep (363)
A film about aging, self-esteem, and hairdressing. Through the insights of six nursing home residents, it takes an evocative look at the connections between aging with dignity and looking good (25 minutes)
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My Mother, My Father (175)
Moving, sometimes troubling portraits of four families caring for aging parents. Their choices include care at home, the use of a variety of support services, and nursing home placement. (33 minutes)
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My Mother, My Father - 7 years later (176)
Revisits the families first seen in My Mother, My Father, to explore changes in family dynamics and the caregivers' thoughts about their own aging. (42 minutes)
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My Mother, My Father Series (901)
This two-part series portrays four families caring for aging parents. Their choices include care at home, use of a variety of support services, and nursing home placement. The follow up video revisits each family after a period of seven years, to explore changes in family dynamics and the caregivers' thoughts about their own aging. (75 minutes)
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Not My Home (145)
A compelling look at life inside a nursing home, as residents, families, and staff discuss both the problems and the rewards they experience. (45 minutes)
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A Perspective of Hope (033)
Highlights a unique program linking schools of nursing with nursing homes to improve student training, as well as the quality of day-to-day care of residents. (29 minutes)
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Resisting Care...Putting Yourself in Their Shoes (284)
Alzheimer's experts outline best practices for avoiding or reducing the number of situations which lead to patient resistance. (14 minutes)
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Sage (434)
Celebrates the wisdom, experience, and creativity of our society's elders through portraits of a diverse group of active, engaged seniors pursuing their lifetime interests, and some new ones as well. Among those profiled is TV chef Julia Child. (47 minutes)
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Something Should be Done About Grandma Ruthie (122)
A moving and unsettling portrait of the filmmaker's family as they struggle to deal with her grandmother's deteriorating mental condition due to Alzheimer's. (54 minutes)
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Wandering...Is It a Problem? (283)
Experienced aregivers demonstrate compassionate techniques for intervening with patients who wander. (14 minutes)
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The Way Home (364)
This moving documentary introduces a variety of elders who are trying to find the best possible living situation for themselves or for their loved ones during their "golden years." (56 minutes)
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