Aging in America : The Years Ahead
With another baby boomer turning 50 every eight seconds, by 2010 there will be more Americans over 55 than under 18 for the first time in history. This stunning reality is impacting every community in the country. But ol..
Cafeteria confidential
Though alternatives may be available, greasy, high-carbohydrate foods still dominate high school cafeteria menus, despite public attention to the issue of childhood obesity. In Toronto, high school student Allison Ewell ..
Caring at the end of life
Central to this provocative documentary is the case of a comatose patient, whose family and healthcare team are in conflict over how long to continue with the treatments that are keeping him alive. In making decisions ab..
Code Gray: Ethical Dilemmas in Nursing
This multi-award-winning program documents four actual situations where nurses confront difficult ethical decisions, as they balance the often contradictory views of patients, family members, and other staff about what i..
Dress him while he walks: caring for residents with Alzheimer's disease
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. Topic..
Dying to Live
About twenty people die each day in the United States waiting for a life-saving transplant organ that never comes — because too few of us are donors. When an organ does become available doctors have only a few hours to..
Famous 4A
This film portrays the rhythms of hospice life and challenges stereotypes of aging and dying. It captures the bond shared between patients and caregivers and grown children and their ailing parents. The film is a univers..
Handmaidens
Nurses are expected to be sweet, caring, and quietly efficient while working under difficult and stressful circumstances, including disrespectful treatment from colleagues and administrators. Some studies suggest that ma..
Hidden wounds
It's estimated that one in six of the troops returning home from the Iraq War will suffer some form of post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Hidden Wounds explores this painful reality through the stories of three New ..
Hold Your Breath
Mohammad Kochi, a deeply devout Afghan immigrant who believes that only Allah can determine the span of his life, faces possible death from stomach cancer. As they treat the disease, his American doctors try to comprehen..