The Aging Collection
The Aging Collection from Docusek2, features titles from several distributors devoted to issues related to aging.
The films in Docuseek2's Aging Collection examine and helps redefine how we look at the process of growing older. The films in this collection are optimistic, and always honest, never shying away from difficult subjects. Topics range from how older women view their changing physical features; elder artists; the challenges of long-term care; and the problem of financial and even sexual exploitation of older relatives.
The Aging Collection includes the following titles:
Home For LifeThe experiences of two elderly people in their first month at a home for the aged.
I Cannot Tell You How I FeelFilmmaker Su Friedrich moves her fiesty mother into an "independent living" facility.
I Won't GoOli Truss is an eccentric ex-headmistress in her 90's and her story brings home the complex issues of self-neglect, competence and capacity, and the right to live and die at home with dignity.
Into the Other LaneReal-life stories about when and how to deal with the emotional issue of giving up driving.
Is It the Right Time? The Nursing Home DecisionFollowing up on More Than a Thousand Tomorrows, Is It the Right Time deals with the tough decision of nursing home placement
Learning to Speak Alzheimer's: The Habilitation Approach to CareApplying the basic concepts of habilitation (which is simply caregiving that embraces the remaining abilities of the person with dementia.)
Let's Face It-Women Explore Their Aging FacesA touching and honest glimpse into the intimate self-explorations of several women in their 40's, 50's, and 60's as they face the natural reality of sags and bags, lines and wrinkles.
The Silver Age
Look Us in the Eye: The Old Women's ProjectFounders of the Old Women's Project, an activist organization that challenges ageism
More Than a Thousand TomorrowsA follow-up to the video, A Thousand Tomorrows, More Than A Thousand Tomorrows revisits one of the couples, Everett and Betty Jordan and looks at the changes Alzheimer's causes in their intimate relationship.
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