Interspersed with scenes from her movies, Alice Faye addresses seniors about the importance of maintaining health through exercise, nutrition and maintenance of meds.

Explores the important issues America faces as the large segment of our population known as the "Baby Boomers" enters middle age and ultimately old age.

Features an interview with a 90 year old woman displays a high level of mental and physical functioning.

4 AG Can't Afford to Grow Old – 60 min

The issue of long term care is looked at in detail. Topics include medicaid shortcomings. PBS documentary

Points out the difficulties faced by seniors as their ability to see or hear may become diminished. Show individuals how to cope and adapt.

Deals with the physiological aspect of aging: What happens to the body as it ages and why as well as what we can do to diminish the effects of aging in our own lives.

Designed for students and others interested in entering the field of gerontology, this video discusses the many rewards of working with the elderly.

Hosted by Willard Scott, this video presents an overview of the aging of our country and is effects on individuals and society. How can we cope with cost of health care, life expectancy, and increased need for families to care for the elderly?

A production of the CC AAA. Explains services and programs to help caregivers and senior citizens.

A production of the CC AAA. Explains services and programs to help caregivers and senior citizens.

Discusses the need for new services and programs for the growing number and diversity of senior citizens.

Deals with the physiological aspect of aging: What happens to the body as it ages and why as well as what we can do to diminish the effects of aging in our own lives.

This video presents valuable information about the legal concerns of growing old. Living wills, trusts and power of attorney.

Learning, memory and speed of behavior

Defines the health care proxy law, which enables the wishes for medical care to be followed when someone can no longer speak for himself or her.

Filmed at the CC AAA. Speakers share information and answer questions about hearing issues, ex. Hearing aids.

There is no clock on aging. Through science people are living healthier and maintaining their youth for longer periods of time.

Improving your health is very important and this video provides the steps for older adults to start their own exercise program.

An exercise program hosted by Rosie P. Metter getting older adults into shape.

Children and older adults both share their view on what it feels like to grow older.

Suggestions are given to older adults for achieving healthier years later in life.

Suggestions for living as you age

Offers advice and strategies for caregivers to locate services and resources that provide assistance to the elderly.

Gives tips to older Americans and their families to aid in safer driving.

Provides helpful information on determining health care and how to live a healthy lifestyle.

Supplies information on the new nutrition guidelines and the latest research done in the field of nutrition.

Offers educational information on how to lead a healthier lifestyle and how this will benefit the elder community.

An informational video on the HY~Gina shower system demonstrating set up and use.

The need for more elderly assistance during times of natural disasters is recognized and what you can do to help.

Advises older adults on reverse mortgages and saving money to afford a comfortable life as you grow older.

Learning is different than it was at a younger age, but it is not a sure sign of Alz. Disease. Speech also changes.

US Administration on Aging

This video presents valuable information about the legal concerns of growing old. How to prepare, living wills, trusts and POA.

AG 36 Series: For Those Who Care #1 & #2 Were Only Old Once, Adding Life to Years:60 min. This is an intro to the series highlights the aging burden and stress of caregiving.

AG 37 Series: For Those Who Care #3 & #4 Taking Control of Health Care, Caregiving and the Law – 60 min. Helps caregivers become good consumers and advocates for their patients in the health care system. A discussion of the legal system.

AG 38 Series: For Those Who Care #5 & #6 – 60 min Being the Best We Can Be, Benefits that Work for You. The importance of staying fit and conserving the strengths of both the CG & CR. Address entitlement programs and other resources that benefit families caring for an elderly person at home.

Practical hands on skills for families responsible for assisting the elderly. Covers transfers, ambulation, toileting, incontinence, oral and skin care, grooming, dressing, bed making, laundry, cleaning, shopping and feeding.

Information to help families to deal with the emotional aspects of nursing home placement, as well as what to look for in choosing a good retirement or nursing home.

Information for making the home a safer place for the elderly.

This program steps into the lives of caregiver sand their families and offers ideas for dealing with the stress. Three caregivers and their families are visited.

A guide to aging services within the community for members of the clergy.

Explores the frustrations, fears,stress, anger and guilt of family caregivers of Alz. Patients. Illustrates the many problems, solutions that are unique to the disease.

The experiences of family members caring for an Alz. Patient are interspersed with practical tips from professionals.

A sensitive look at a middle-aged woman with Alz. Disease and at her husband as he tries to meet her daily needs. Both Grace and Glenn are interviewed and followed as they go through their daily lives.

Grace now needs constant supervision and assistance with daily activities, hygiene and toileting. Her husband and a foster-home caregiver share both practical and emotional solutions for caregiving for Grace.

Glenn discusses how caregiving for his wife Grace, who suffers from Alz. Disease, has affected his life.

A panel of experts discuss the disease, latest developments in treatment and offers resources and advice for caregivers of Alz. patients.

Demonstrates with the use of still photography how to help a frail elder with personal grooming and eating.

For those who would like to know more about the process of Alzheimers. Explains the nature and answers the common questions.

Looks at the more disturbing and difficult issues of the disease and the physiological and emotional stress of the caregiver.

For use by professionals who train caregivers

For use by professionals who train caregivers

An excellent video in which a teenager learns compassion and understanding as he copes with his grandmother who has Alz. Disease and has moved into the house.

A training video for clergy and church members dealing specifically with Alz. Disease and the need to help caregivers.

This three-part video tap takes the viewer behind closed doors and provides insight into the impressive strength required to care for an Alz. patient.

Being a caregiver is hard work. There are more options for you than 24hr. care. Don’t let yourself suffer when caring for another.

This video will help reduce the bathing battles at your facility and make life a bit easier for residents and staff

Discussion with family members includes what to anticipate, how to manage increased care needs, respite care, important decisions near the end of life, and dealing with the ever-increasing loss.

Explores the recent treatments and research available and the warning signs to look for.

Discusses the need for advocating for Alzheimer’s disease and what you can do to get involved.

The scientific exploartion of Alz. Disease. Some first hand accounts of the disease & different types.

Some example caregivers see in their loved one. The difference between Alz. Disease and normal forgetfulness.

The behavioral changes in behavior. Changing something you do may stop the behavior.

Home life for Alz. Disease patients. Need to have a home assessment so the family member is safe in the home.

Need to have a great deal of patience. It is very stressful and caregivers need to be strong. Caregivers must take care of you first. There are many options for respite.

The changes in social activities. Previously enjoyed activities are probably still enjoyed. It is hard to move to a care facility but eventually this is needed.

Glenn discusses how caregiving for his wife Grace, who suffers from Alz. Disease, how it has affected his life.

Alzheimer's Disease The Long Nightmare

The Sixth Sense (Repeat)

Presented in documentary Style, this video compares Reality Oriented Training to newly developed Validation Therapy for use with severely demented patients in the nursing home.

AL 33 Living with Grace, A Time to Care (Repeat)

Explores the frustrations, fears and day-to-day stress for a family caregiver.

AL 35 Alz. Disease Part 1

AL 36 Alz. Disease Part 2

A prerequisite for tapes that follow. Outlining typical behaviors of dementia patients and presents suggestions for caregivers along with the ABC technique.

Anger, Irritation, Catastrophic Reactions.

Language Deficits

AL 40 Alz. Disease Managing Psychotic Behaviors, etc. - 14 min

AL 41 Alz. Disease Managing Personal Hygiene –13min

AL 42 Alz. Disease Managing Difficult Behavior -

AL 43 Alz. Disease Managing Depression – 22min

Caring for someone with Alzheimer’s Disease can be very challenging for caregivers. As the disease progresses, different areas of the brain are affected. People in mid to late stages of Alzheimer’s may have difficulty expressing their needs in words, may be less able to reason and may be unaware of what is socially appropriate.

A video analysis of depression as it affects older people.

Intended to sensitize health-care professionals to the difficulties faced by the elderly, this video presents 11 vignettes on various topics such as depression, the feeling of being a burden, senility, paranoia, loneliness, and sexuality.

Clinical depression is very treatable and professional help is a great treatment. You shouldn’t deal with it on your own. A few first hand experiences.

An academy award –winning documentary about a 52-yr old mentally retarded man and his elderly parents who have always cared for him. As they become to frail to be caregivers, the family explores various community options to increase "Philly’s" ability to care for himself.

Barrier-Free environments for people who are aging and developmentally disabled.

A companion to "Bridging the Networks"

This Series of three videos concerns the transitioning of developmentally disabled senior citizens into senior citizen programs and services.

Gives an overview of the caregiver’s role and the problems faced by today’s caregiver. Resources available to help caregivers cope are presented in detail.

Discusses starting community programs where none exist, some legal and financial issues, and decision-making about placement.

Subsequent to placement of a loved one, this part discusses coping with feelings, grief and grief resolution, and resuming life after spending years as a caregiver.

Teenagers tell what it is like to be caregivers. In conjunction with "Just for the Summer," it would provide a good unit of study for young people.

A film for caregivers, dealing with ways in which they can find help and cope with the stress of caring foe elderly loved ones. Looks at adult day care, home aides, and support groups.

1. "Coping with Caregiving" Explores real cases as caregivers try to cope with the frustrations and changes in lifestyle brought about by having to care for their frail, elderly loved ones. 28min.

3. "Community Services and Legal Issues" A detailed narrative about various agencies and support services available for the aging, as well as legal issues, such as living wills and POA.

Shows four real life families each struggling in their own way with the stresses and changes involved in caring for a frail, older parent. This video helps the viewer to open up to the deep and often conflicting feelings involved in caregiving and decision making.

A professionally taped visit with an older woman and her grand children. Female carereceivers with dementia will enjoy sitting and watching this tape while the caregiver takes a break or attends to chores.

Focuses on the emotional difficulties of placing an elderly family member in a nursing home. Confronts society’s negative attitudes toward nursing homes head on. People openly discuss the experiences and feelings that made up their own decision-making process.

This introduction to the series highlights the aging burden and stress of caregiving.

Helps caregivers become good consumers and advocates for their patients in the heath care system. Topics include doctor/patient relationships, medication management, and the role of the pharmacist.

A presentation of the many legal issues of concern to the elderly and their caregivers. A discussion of wills, living wills, guardianship, and POA are included.

The importance of staying fit and conserving the strengths of both caregivers and carereceivers. The concepts of wellness and self care, proper nutrition, exercise, and stress management are featured. 6.) Addresses entitlement programs and other resources that benefit families

Information to help families deal with the emotional aspects of nursing home placement, as well as what to look for in choosing a good retirement or nursing home.

Practical, hands-on skills for families responsible for assisting the elderly with daily living tasks. Covers transfers, ambulation, toileting, incontinence, oral and skin care, grooming, dressing, bed making, laundry, cleaning, shopping and feeding.

This program steps into the lives of caregivers and their families and offers ideas for dealing with the stress. Three caregivers and their families are visited: a married couple caring for their developmentally disabled children; a wife caring for her husband with multiple sclerosis; and senior citizen caring for his wife with Alzheimer’s Disease.

Pastor Doug Manning talks about the emotional side of being a caregiver and the difficulty of making the nursing-home decision. "Love is doing what people need and not what we want."

C17 When Love Gets Tough: Living Without Guilt II

C18 When Love Gets Tough: Living Without Guilt III

Looks at the rich rewards and wisdom and the hard work that home health care entails.

Provides excellent suggestions for coping for coping with physical environment to make life easier for caregiver and carereciver. With manual.

Annette Goodheart, Ph.D., gives a presentation on helping people to relearn the art of laughing. Some viewers think this is a very funny tape.

Addresses the positive steps a family can take when considering the needs of aging family members. An example of a family meeting is included.

A wealth of ideas on how to make life better for both the giver and receiver of care.

C24 Home Care Companion Vol. 1 Bedrest

C25 Home Care Companion Vol. 2 Wheelchairs

C26 Home Care Companion Vol. 3 Infection Control

C27 Home Care Companion Vol. 4 Medications

C28 Home Care Companion Vol. 5 Fall Prevention

C29 A Guide for the Confused Resident

Features caregivers sharing common experienced in becoming a caregiver.

Acknowledges the emotional costs of being a caregiver

See caregivers share wise advice on with emotional, mental, and physical strains.

Reveals caregivers’ feelings of loss and their eventual healing.

A moving testament to the human spirit, showing how caregivers stretch their capacity for patience and caring.

This video tells a story of the National Eldercare Campaign launched in 1991. As a result neighbors are helping neighbors all across America through community action, and this community action begins with you.

C37 Thou Shalt Honor : PBS documentary film on caregiving in America. Highlights the stories of several caregivers.

C38 Thou Shalt Honor

C40 Thou Shalt Honor

C41 Thou Shalt Honor

C42 Walden Place Assisted Living

C43 Caring For Our Own: Family Caregivers in NYS

Based on a "CBS Reports" documentary, this video shows the heartbreak of two families as they make emotional and financial decisions for and with their parents. For the very rich and very poor, old age is somewhat manageable. But what about the middle class? All too often the care falls onto the middle-aged children.

Shows how the adult dayshare programs fit into the long-term care system to help caregivers.

Using nature as a background, the narrator identifies 7 principles for caregiving, including the spiritual. Very slow-moving but would be good for church groups.

Elder abuse statistics are up due to the number of people growing older. Older Americans share personal accounts of how they are dealing with the issue of elder abuse.

Caregivers provide real life accounts of caregiver stress becoming an issue of abuse. Options for caregivers are given as a way to cope with the demands of caring for an older adult before any abuse begins.

A look at family relationships and responsibility when parent become dependent.

Discusses the problems of caring for elderly parents while attempting to maintain one’s own family and career. It looks at the signals that a parent may need help in taking care of himself, discusses parental anger and helplessness, and considers various psychological problems.

A 1997 PBS broadcast. Excellent introduction into the role of caregiver and the necessity of helping parents plan for the future.

GP1 Legal Issues Facing Grandparents Raising Grandkids

GP2 Legal Issues Part 2 NY State Office on Aging describes legal issues for NY State grandparents raising grandchildren.