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"Of all the illegal and illicit enterprises in the world, elder exploitation is among the safest and most profitable. It's a criminal's dream..." - from the DVD
Financial elder abuse can happen to anyone...anywhere...anytime. These facts lay the groundwork for this riveting film as it exposes the global problem of financial elder abuse and its growing impact on a rapidly-aging population. It identifies why many older adults become vulnerable, tactics perpetrators use to gain trust, and what families and professionals can do to help protect loved ones and older adults in their care from financial abuse.
It also documents two hard-to-forget stories of exploitation:
Producer Pamela S. K. Glasner shares how her parents' life savings were embezzled by a man who insinuated himself into their lives, and her attempts to set things right.
Hollywood icon, Mickey Rooney, tells how he lost millions of dollars through a trusted family member.
A must-see resource for seniors, family members, and service providers in all disciplines and walks of life.
As a result of the ageing population, the aged care sector is growing at a rapid rate. This has led to an increasingly diverse range of occupational opportunities in the provision of home, community and residential services. This interview led program explores the aged care sector, high and low levels of care, changes associated with ageing, positive ageing, and the rights and interests of old people. We talk with residential managers, team leaders and lifestyle co-ordinators as well as researchers experienced in the industry. Ideal for community services related studies at the TAFE level, this program covers the essential elements of the ISC Community services unit of competency, 'Work Effectively with Older People'.
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The end of life can raise numerous ethical issues. Prolonging life, advance directives, physician assisted suiside,
and patient autonomy are just a few. Join this program for a discussion of these and other ethical issues.
Our cultural backgrounds, experiences and beliefs can influence our day-to-day behaviour without us even realising it. Within aged care, culture has a major impact on how we work and how we communicate with patients and residents. Often a cultural adjustment needs to take place so that an appropriate and culturally sensitive level of care can be delivered to the aged care client. In this program we investigate what culture is and how we can make our communication relevant in the face of cultural barriers. We also look at different cultural groups and personal cultural history, while also considering individual religious practices and traditions.
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Australia is experiencing 'population ageing'. Many older Australians are dependent on the care and support of informal care arrangements provided by the family and formal aged care services delivered in the community or in residential aged care homes. Developing and maintaining respectful interpersonal relationships with the client/resident and family through the use of effective and specialist communication skills can achieve successful outcomes of care that promote quality of life in accordance with legislation, regulatory requirements, professional standards and guidelines. This program discusses various methods and approaches carers can utilise when communicating, ensuring a successful care arrangement for everyone involved.
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Death is inevitable and a natural part of life, but for the patient this important time can be difficult for the dying person and also their family and close friends. Therefore a health professional's role is to support the patient with maintaining their quality of life in this last stage of life. In this program we provide an introduction to the important aspects of good end of life care, looking closely at the key aims of end of life care, outlining the importance of advanced care planning; examine the use of medication and nutrition; and types of support offered for grieving families and friends. This program also features a number of health professionals who provide their expertise for this difficult topic.
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A high percentage of elderly people in professional care suffer from dementia, a psychiatric illness or a specific brain injury. Recently, extensive research has been undertaken into understanding the origins of behaviours of concern, focusing on addressing the variety of underlying causes. In this program we investigate defining and understanding behaviours of concern, types of behaviours and unmet needs, assessing and problem solving, possible triggers and management strategies. Systematic approaches to the identification of triggers and instigation of problem solving techniques can significantly reduce this increasingly widespread condition.
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Pain is something we all experience and is something that many people fear, especially as they grow older. Long term experiences of pain may well become increasingly common as we head towards an ageing society beset with multiple chronic diseases. It is therefore imperative that medical professionals understand the implications of pain and incorporate appropriate actions to assess and deal with pain into their patient care. This program considers all of these issues and looks broadly at pain management in the elderly. Three pain management experts share their insights with us, examining what pain is, assessment methods and common treatments available.
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This module presents three real-life stories of children and adolescents fighting cancer and facing end-of-life. It is designed for use by professionals to explore the complexities and challenges of working with families of young patients who are dying. In each story, the viewer experiences multiple points of view, and a multitude of issues. A full curriculum accompanies this module, designed with top professionals in the fields of end-of-life, bereavement, hospice and palliative care.
Reviews
""A riveting, heartbreaking chronicle...that creates a highly detailed portrait into hospital rooms, medical staff meetings, and each of the families' homes, approaching the subject with a deep respect for what the families are going through..." " - Jonny Leahan, IndieWire; - Marc Mohan, The Oregonian
""...While it's extremely difficult to bear witness to the passing of some of these wonderful kids, "A Lion in the House," in its graceful and empathetic storytelling, never allows for maudlin tears. One of the most complex, and unblinking, portraits of life and death, "A Lion in the House" is not a film about death, but about cherishing life."" - Danielle McCarthy, Reverse Shot
This DVD defines bedridden status, and looks at the role of the caregiver in maintaining comfort levels, and monitoring the resident's overall well-being. It gives tips on how to prevent residents from getting to a bedridden state, and identifies complications that can lead to bedridden status, such as skin breakdown, psychosocial changes, depression, anxiety, and dependence. It discusses contracture (the tightening of muscles in the hands, arms, or legs into a fixed position), and how to prevent it. It also discusses the use of equipment and devices, such as, the hospital bed, booties, splints, and foam wedges.
Caregivers will learn proactive ways to reduce further complications through routine turning, and repositioning, paying attendtion to body position, and managing incontinence.
This powerful yet tender treatment of our final life passage features artist Deidre Scherer, the hospice chorus Hallowell, and Ira Byock, M.D., author of Dying Well. With its gentle, direct, and celebratory approach toward the end of life, Holding Our Own can be shared with audiences of all ages. Excellent for hospices and those dealing with end-of-life issues.
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"This film opens us to our fears around aging, loss, death, grief and spirituality and shows us how we might reclaim a rich community based potential at the end of life..." - Balfour M. Mount, M.D. McGill University
A poignant, award-winning documentary by producer Daniel Bergin, spotlights stories of families, patients and caregivers and their experiences with hospice.Their stories provide the viewer with a rare opportunity to hear about dying as a time of comfort, acceptance, love and healing. Quality of life is an underlying theme in each of the hospice stories, turning the most difficult times into a time for healing. Excellent resource for hospice workers and families.
What are your wishes for end-of-life care? Advance Medical Directives are legal documents that allow you to give direction to your future medical care. Just like your right to free speech and religious freedom, it is your right to accept or refuse medical care. Advance Medical Directives help protect this right.
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"A truly useful health care video...an important step to educating the public about the importance of advance care planning" - Attorney General Lynch, RI
This program discusses care at the end of life, primarily focusing on pallative care of individuals and their families. The program's focus is on the spiritual and supportive aspects of care rather than physical. Information on the role of and importance of advance care planning and advance directives is also presented. Special introduction and topic preview in Chinese.
A range of cultural issues and attitudes surrounds death and dying. Certainly the age of the dying person, the extent of the illness or injury, as well as the legal and ethical ramifications, are factors that need to be considered in prolonging life and continuing medical support. In recent years, the hospice movement has provided valuable assistance for many dying persons and their families. Because the death of a loved one can have significant health consequences for family and friends, the support provided by familial and social networks plays an extremely important role in easing the pain of separation and loss.
In this program, NewsHour correspondent Susan Dentzer reports on life and death in Sun City, Arizona, a vibrant retirement community where hospice is the preferred form of end -of -life care. Dartmouth Medical School's John Wennberg and others consider the desire of many senior citizens with terminal illnesses to make peace with death rather than fight it. They also confront the fact that statistics show no direct correlation between costly ICU interventions and patient longevity. As America's elderly population doubles over the next 35 years, will more seniors opt for meeting the end in the Sun City way?
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In the drive to save lives, American medical technology prolongs the dying process for many, creating a number of end-of-life scenarios that have done much to rob death of its dignity and significance. This Fred Friendly Seminar, moderated by Harvard Law School's Arthur Miller, brings together a diverse group of panelists, including Yale professor Sherwin Nuland, author of How We Die; bioethicist Arthur Caplan, of the University of Pennsylvania; Rabbi Maurice Lamm, of Yeshiva University; and Anna Quindlen, author and Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist. Together they confront medical and cultural issues such as advance directives, palliative care, physician-assisted suicide, the need to re-spiritualize the dying process, and the overall difficulty of discussing death.
This program profiles a terminally-ill patient, his courageous battle against cancer, and the emotional toll his illness takes on his family. At the age of 46, Chris Brotherton was diagnosed with a brain tumor and given only a few months to live. The program follows the last six months of his life, and shows how he, his wife and young son, and the medical staff at a hospice deal with his illness. This is an open, deeply moving but unsentimental record of their thoughts and emotions.
You know your residents and sub-acute patients have the right to prepare an Advance Directive. Yet, is your staff always comfortable when helping a resident exercise this right?
Sometimes it's a difficult tightrope walk. On the one hand, you want to help your residents and sub-acute patients understand what it means to prepare an Advance Directive. On the other hand, it's not always easy to explain the legal aspects. Staff members fear giving the impression that they're somehow insisting the resident make a choice!
Now there's help for your residents and your staff!
"Understanding Advance Directives" is a brief, introductory video program which explains in easy-to-understand terms the advance directive options available to your resident. They'll learn:
How and when a Living Will can be used to communicate a resident's wishes to the health care staff
How and when a Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care gives a trusted family member or friend the power to make health care decisions for the resident
The types of treatment a resident can choose to accept or refuse through an Advance Directive
The simple steps to take if the resident chooses to proceed with an Advance Directive
That the decision to prepare or not prepare an Advance Directive is entirely up to the resident, and that the resident will continue to receive quality care regardless of the choices made
Discussing end-of-life care with patients and their families can be very difficult. Despite the challenge, advanced planning helps to ensure that each patient can die as they wish. In this program you will learn the key points of an advanced directive and see examples of directives by statutes. These tools will not only teach professionals about the ethical dilemmas they face when end-of-life is near, but will also help families develop a sense of peace in this trying time.
This program discusses care at the end of life, primarily focusing on pallative care of individuals and their families. The program's focus is on spiritual and supportive aspects of care rather than physical care. Information on the role and importance of advance care planning and advance directives is also presented.
Facilities that embrace quality of life initiatives are experiencing significant benefits.
Residents feel more content, and many show improvement in their emotional and physical health. Families feel reassured and become more supportive of staff. Staff members find that resident/staff relationships grow stronger and more positive, and they are rewarded with residents who are often more cooperative. Facilities consistently receive better survey results.
If you're ready to work on enhancing the quality of life for residents in your facility, "Preserving Residents' Dignity" is the perfect next step. Now you can devote an in-service or orientation session specifically to the issue of resident dignity, the most cited quality-of-life issue in study after study of resident attitudes and behaviors.
During this twenty-minute video your staff members will:
Learn what dignity means to a resident living in a long term facility
Hear how residents feel about practices and procedures that are common in many facilities
Identify the key factors which can either maintain or destroy a resident's dignity
Uncover staff behaviors which support a resident's need for dignity while still accomplishing the care task at hand
You know that residents have a legal right to confidentiality concerning their medical, financial and personal matters. Yet maintaining confidentiality in your facility, day in and day out, can sometimes seem like an insurmountable challenge.
Does every member of your staff know where to draw the line between idle conversation and a breach of confidence?
Finally, there is a video-based training program that sorts through the issue and gives clear, straightforward guidance to your personnel. Every staff member who comes into contact with residents can use this program to:
Identify the many ways in which a resident's confidentiality can be compromised
Learn how to apply six steps that safeguard confidentiality
Discover how to handle questions from well-meaning family, residents and non-involved staff without divulging confidential information
Improve their own sensitivity to residents' quality of life