| Title |
Description |
Duration |
| Till
Death Do Us Part |
See a late 1980’s segment from 60 minutes on the growing
issue of elderly suicide |
15 minutes |
| Growing
Old |
Narrated by Walter Cronkite in 1989, this film discusses
issues regarding care and financial concerns of older adults and their
families. Take a critical look
at public financing of long-term care in the U.S. |
60 minutes
|
| The
Pitch of Grief |
Explore the process of grieving through interviews with
four bereaved men and women. |
30 minutes
|
| Help
Me Die |
Consider a probing discussion of ethical issues involved
when terminally ill patients ask for assistance in ending their life. |
48 minutes
|
| A
Fate Worse Than Death
|
Doctors, nurses, attorneys, and ethicists discuss the
moral and legal dilemmas of decisions to withdraw life supports, and the
importance of living wills. |
50 minutes
|
| Growing Old
in a New Age (11 part series) |
| 1 |
Myths
and Realities of Aging |
This
video examines ageism and debunks common myths of aging. |
|
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2 |
How
the Body Ages |
This
video looks at the physiological changes we undergo as we grow older,
describes changes and functions that accompany aging, explains how some
changes may be prevented, describes advances in cellular studies. |
|
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3 |
Maximizing
Physical Potential of Older Adults |
This
video considers ways to develop greatest physical potential while compensating
for effects of aging. |
|
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4 |
Love,
Intimacy, and Sexuality |
This
video couples speak frankly and experts examine physical and emotional
issues of sexuality. |
|
|
5 |
Learning
Memory and Speed of Behavior |
This
video explores what happens to mental capacities as we age and examines
techniques used to maintain and augment mental functioning. |
|
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6 |
Intellect,
Personality and Mental Health |
This
video examines intellectual function and the nature of personality as
we age |
|
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7 |
Social
Roles and Relationships in Old Age |
This
video looks at how family, friendship, and work roles evolve and continue
as we age. Includes commentary
from older adults n how they’ve coped with role losses or death of loved
ones. |
|
|
8 |
Family
and Intergenerational Relationships |
This
video profiles older adults as spouses and grandparents and looks at how
elders help sustain family tradition and culture. |
|
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9 |
Work,
Retirement and Economic Status |
This
video explores labor force trends, early retirement, new job opportunities
for older workers, community service and leisure activities. |
|
|
10 |
Illness
and Disability |
This
video examines chronic health problems and availability of support services. |
|
|
11 |
The
Future of Aging |
This
video explores potential generational conflicts, resource implications
of a growing population of elders, and the role of technology in improving
quality of life for older adults. |
|
| The
Vanishing Line |
Explore
the treatment of end-of-life issues for physician, patient and family
when death is inevitable.
Kept
in Rick Spano’s office. |
52 minutes
|
| On Our Own Terms:
Moyers on Dying (4 part series)
Bill
Moyers reports on remarkable human stories of the dying, their families
and their caregivers as they struggle to balance medical intervention
with comfort and humanity at the end of life. |
|
1 |
Living
with Dying |
Explore
new ways of thinking about dying and constructive ways to talk about it
with one another. |
|
|
2 |
A
Different Kind of Care |
This
video reports on the evolution of palliative care and addresses pain management
and symptom relief. |
|
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3 |
A
Death of One’s Own |
This
video looks at issues surround efforts to control choosing when we die
and the implications for families, institutions, and communities. |
|
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4 |
A
Time to Change |
This
video features crusading individuals working to change public policy to
improve care of the dying including insurance coverage, the training of
doctors, and the building of communities of volunteer caregivers. |
|
| And
Thou Shalt Honor” |
This
video addresses several aspects of care giving and takes a special look
at attitudes and feelings of those providing care as well as those receiving
care. |
120 minutes
|
| Reflecting on Life Experience:
African American Perspectives |
Onuwami Jean
Moss gives an interesting oral history according to each stage of development
as defined by Erikson. Participants
in the session pay close attention to social, cultural, and environmental
context throughout the oral history.
This video can be watched in segments and is accompanied by a full
transcript and leader guide with exercises and suggestions for watching
the film as well as commentary regarding Erikson’s theory.
|
96 minutes
|
| Big
Mama |
This video is
a documentary on the struggles faced by a grandmother caring for her grandson.
A great video for those working in child welfare as well as with
older adults. This video demonstrates a intergenerational
connection that is becoming more and more relevant in today’s society.
Academy Award winner. |
35 minutes
|
| On
Lok |
This
video explores an Asian community in San Francisco and how they formulated
community plans to help their elders stay in their homes, safely and with
community support. An exciting
model of individuals coming together to help older adults remain independent
that is not only cost effective but can be applied across cultures. |
28 minutes
|
| Accepting
Life Transitions |
This
is a great introductory video into the life span incorporating biology,
psychology, society, functionality, and the law. |
29 minutes
|
| A
Century of Living |
A
touching documentary of the 20th Century told through the stories
of those who have lived through the past 100 years. |
59 minutes
|
| Man Alive: Aging
and Saging |
A
look at the Omega Institute and the weekend Elder Circle moderated by Rabbi
Zalmen Schachter-Shalomi and Ram Dass. Addresses the need to help older
adults redefine themselves as role models of healthy and graceful aging. |
24
minutes
|
| Substance
Abuse in the Elderly |
A
look at medications and the diminished tolerance for alcohol in older
adults. |
29 minutes
|
| Aging
with Grace
|
Several
older adults talk with sensitivity and wisdom about how their roles have
changed (or not changed) as they’ve grown older. |
20 minutes
|
| Mental Health Problems of Older Adults
|
A
psychiatrist discusses and demonstrates delirium, dementia, depression,
and personality disorders as experienced by older adults. This video comes with a program guide, please
see Holly Nelson-Becker. |
20 minutes
|
| Depression
in Older Adults: The Right to Feel Better
|
Topics
covered include prevalence, dimensions of causation, treatment modalities,
suicide risk, issues for nursing homes, and public policy. |
30 minutes
|
| Communicating
with Severely Confused Older Adults
|
Characteristics
and intervention techniques associated with the later stages of dementia
disorders are defined and demonstrated with actual older adults experiencing
extreme confusion. This video
comes with a program guide, please see Holly Nelson-Becker. |
20 minutes
|
| Living
with Pride: Ruth Ellis @ 100
|
Born
July 23, 1899, she was thought to be the oldest “out” African American
lesbian known. In addition to
exploring her rich past, the film offers a rare opportunity to experience
century of our history as lived by one inspiring woman. |
60 minutes
|
| Restoring the Sacred Circle: Responding to
Elder Abuse in American Indian Communities
|
This
is a great training video that helps to alert social service providers
and law enforcement of signs and courses of action in responding to elder
abuse in a Native American community.
Winner of the American Indian Film Festival Best Public Service
Film of 2002 |
28 minutes
|
|
Older
Voices: Interviewing Older Adults
|
This
video discusses ways of communicating with and interviewing older adults
and focuses on interviewing skills for research with valuable information
regarding everyday communication with older adults. |
46 minutes
|
|
My
Mother, My Father
|
This
film provides a candid look at four families coping with caregiving for a
frail older adult. Each family is unique in their approach to the situation
and offer great insight into the joys and hardships of caring for an aging
parent. This film comes with a discussion guide. |
33 Minutes |
|
The Aging
Game (4 part series)
|
|
1 |
Dance Within |
This is a brief
film that discusses the sometimes difficult situations that many women in
India find themselves in their later years of life. |
16 Minutes. |
|
2 |
Relative Values |
A short film about
a nursing facility in Tunisia and the different values regarding older
adults between Arab and Western cultures according to the families
represented in the film. |
16 Minutes |
|
3 |
The
State of the World Population Report |
Highlights the most
recent State of the World Population Report and describes demographic shifts
as well as some implications of increased human longevity. |
8 Minutes |
|
4 |
The
Silver Age |
Discusses the slow
changes in Japan regarding care for older adults within their extended
families and new ways the government is addressing these changes. |
16 Minutes |
|
Who Plays God? Medicine,
Money, and Ethics in American Health Care
|
This film
features five segments that discuss real stories surrounding ethical
decisions made in modern medicine on a regular basis. The American health
care system is discussed and scrutinized. In addition, the film provides
facilitated discussion between segments with noted experts in the field
including an economist and gerontologist/ethicist. |
2 Hours
|
|
Spiritual Assessment Film
|
This film
provides an excellent over view of the need for and process of spiritual
assessment from a healthcare/illness perspective. It discusses
important assessment skills for this domain and suggest several basic
questions as well as mentions commonly used tools. |
40 Minutes |
|
Mr. Nobody
|
This file
consists of a case vignette that takes a serious look at legal and
ethical issues in a situation of self-neglect. Difficult questions are
asked in regards to rights of mentally competent older adults and the role
of government agencies as well as advocacy groups. This film would be
great for any social work practice and/or case management course as well as
a community and advocacy course. Great film! |
35 minutes
|
|
Careers in Aging: Old Friends,
New Faces
|
This brief
film was produced by the Association of Gerontology in Higher Education.
It discusses frequently asked questions concerning opportunities in the
field of aging. It takes a multidisciplinary approach and focuses on
the many positive aspects of working with older adults. Good for
introductory courses in social work. |
10 Minutes
|
