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Nursing


Care of the Elderly



MY FATHER'S HOUSE: A JOURNEY OF LOVE AND MEMORY

By Hannah Reimann

Hannah Reimann's self-produced film, a love letter to her father, tells the story of her father, Dr. Peter Reimann and his trauma-related dementia, her sister Kim, their devoted Korean housekeeper, Mrs. Man Cho Lee, and herself. Their life in suburban New Jersey serves as the backdrop for a universal story about dementia, death and dying, albeit within the context of their unique personal experiences caring for Dr. Reimann in the last three years of his life.

My Father's House touches us in the rather deep places we don't often venture. The film allows caregivers to see that there are others going through similar circumstances and that they are not alone. It assures us that the path of caregiving, however painful and unpredictable, is a worthy one, one that redeems and one that rewards us with the silent, unforeseen promise of comfort and peace at the time of a loved one's death. My Father's House shows us that death is not something to be feared, but to be embraced in the context of a fatal illness, empowering both the living and the one who has passed.


DVD / 2017 / 28 minutes

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SEXUALITY, INTIMACY, AND DEMENTIA IN RESIDENTIAL CARE SETTINGS

This 5-chaptered DVD brings forth a thoughtful, much needed exploration of sexuality, intimacy, and dementia, and the complex issues that impact residents, family members, and care staff. Through five 15- to 20-minute videos, the DVD looks at the relevant concerns of intimacy and sexuality on quality of life, freedom to express sexuality, capacity to consent, resident protections, and potential legal ramifications. It also touches on the needs of LGBT residents, how to address resident-to-resident and resident-to-visitor encounters, and how to find workable solutions with the support of family members.

The 5-DVD Chapters cover:
Part 1: The Effects of Dementia on Intimacy and Sexuality
Part 2: Responding to Sexual Expressions
Part 3: Consensual Intimacy and Sexuality
Part 4: Spousal and Family Responses
Part 5: Non-consensual Intimacy and Sexuality

This DVD poses many relevant questions, and is designed to equip care staff with a well-rounded understanding of the sensitive issues concerning intimacy, sexuality, and the rights of persons with dementia, as well as, how to respond to expressions of sexuality in a manner that promotes both resident dignity and safety.


DVD / 2017 / 78 minutes

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LATE-STAGE DEMENTIA CARE: A HANDS-ON GUIDE FOR PROFESSIONAL AIDES

How do you provide effective care for persons living with late-stage dementia?

In just 12 minutes, this visual guide demonstrates how to provide compassionate care to persons in the late stages of dementia. In a simple and straightforward manner, the DVD will equip caregivers with the hands-on skills to address basic care and grooming needs.

Part 1. Changing Adult Briefs (includes repositioning, removing the soiled pad, cleaning and moisturizing the skin)

Part 2. Grooming and Cleaning (includes bed bath and oral care)

Part 3. Dealing with Mildly Combative Behavior

Part 4. Cleaning A Bed Sore (includes disinfecting and redressing the wound)


DVD / 2016 / 12 minutes

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"BOB, I'M REALLY BUSY": THE IMPACT OF IMPERSONAL CARE ON THE WELL-BEING OF PERSONS LIVING WITH DEMENTIA

Through five short trigger scenarios involving assistance for a person living with dementia, this DVD presents care situations that will open up discussion on how best to provide resident-specific support and assistance. Each brief scenario is designed to demonstrate the impact of a caregiver's tone, actions, and level of sensitivity to the resident's needs. This up-close-and-personal look at caregiving will give caregivers a chance to dissect and analyze how they provide care, and foster a deeper understanding of how to interact positively with persons living with dementia.

DVD / 2015 / 12 minutes

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FEED HER WHILE SHE WALKS

When a resident won't sit long enough to eat, or insists on leaving, or wanders into potentially unsafe areas - what do you do?

This 20-minute DVD will help. Using real people and real situations, it offers thought-provoking insights into wandering behavior, and shows effective examples of providing person-centered care to residents who wander or insist on leaving. It also shows how an interdisciplinary approach to understanding and adjusting care to each resident's specific needs can promote independence and safety, and identifies environmental cues that can help deter wandering into unsafe or private areas (such as, another resident's room).

Includes strategies for:
  • Working with residents who wander at night
  • Working with residents who keep leaving the building
  • Working with residents who move items or get into things

  • Caregivers will be inspired to find creative, flexible ways to redirect and engage persons who wander or want to leave.


    DVD / 2014 / 20 minutes

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    STILL DREAMING

    This critically-acclaimed film documents a unique take on Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" when a group of retired actors, dancers, and musicians now residing at the Lillian Booth Actors Home are coaxed back into the spotlight. And nothing is as it seems. As the rehearsal process unfolds with the help of two young Shakespearean co-directors, the actors find themselves experiencing both the pain and exhilaration of re-immersion in their life's work in the midst of aging challenges. The realities of Alzheimer's and dementia, as well as, physical, visual, and hearing limitations (and self-confidence) create constant obstacles, but the show must go on. And go on it does, resulting in an energetic performance that surprises and transforms everyone involved. This life-affirming film reminds us that the human need to continue to grow and share oneself transcends age, dementia, and even the societal limitations we place on ourselves and others. It also leaves the viewer with a burning question: What more can older adults and persons with dementia continue to do when encouraged? Still Dreaming urges us to find out.

    DVD / 2014 / 94 minutes

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    MOUTH CARE WITHOUT A BATTLE: INDIVIDUALIZED MOUTH CARE FOR PERSONS WITH COGNITIVE AND PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT

    Learn state-of-the-art oral care skills training with this DVD...

    This evidence-based, 2-DVD oral care program uses realistic, person-centered techniques to overcome many of the behavioral challenges to providing good oral care when dealing with persons who have dementia, or other cognitive and physical impairments. Using before-and-after situations with real patients/residents, it combines best practices in oral hygiene with proven techniques that take the guesswork out of how to provide sensitive (and effective) oral care.

    Module 1: Part One/Mouth Care Basics (including prepping for and providing person-centered oral care, tools and techniques to improve oral care) 21 minutes

    Module 1: Part Two/Beyond the Basics (includes removal and care of dentures, care of missing, loose, or broken teeth, and considerations for persons with swallowing problems) 14 minutes

    Module 2: Providing Mouth Care in Challenging Situations (includes communication techniques, as well as, potential behaviors and needs of persons in each stage of dementia, resistant or combative patients) 46 minutes

    Module 3: The Critical Role of Licensed Nurses in Mouth Care 36 minutes

    Module 4: An Overview for Administrators, Policy Makers, and Other Advocates for Quality Care 20 minutes


    2 DVDs / 2013 / 143 minutes

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    SAYING GOODBYE: A PERSONAL DOCUMENTARY OF ATTACHMENT AND LOSS AT END OF LIFE

    By Dr. Geri Fox

    Through 15 brief videos clips, filmed over time, this DVD grants rare access to one family's personal moments as end of life approaches for a loved one. Intimately documented by Dr. Geri Fox, the film chronicles the first-hand perspective of her father as he reflects on his evolving life situation (lifestyle adjustments, failing health, physical and emotional changes), and his decision that his time has, and should, come to an end. It also shows the power of family connections as it shares the reactions of his loved ones, including his wife, who is dealing with memory loss and a need for increased caregiving, herself. This stimulus DVD will enhance effective teaching and understanding of complex end-of-life decisions and issues.


    DVD / 2013 / 38 minutes

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    INDIVIDUALIZED CARE PLANNING: GETTING TO KNOW THE PERSON

    This DVD shows how to skillfully reframe thought processes on resident assessments and care plans. Adopting a get-to-know-the-resident-over-coffee-and-not-over-a-form concept, the DVD offers ideas for welcoming new residents, creating friendships, establishing resident/staff "buddy" systems, and adjusting to the person's way of doing things. It looks at how ethnic traits, language rules, end-of-live rituals, and other cultural difference can impact resident's daily life. Care staff will learn tips to help create (and rewrite) effective care plans that correspond to the resident's needs and empower the resident to live the highest and best quality of life. The DVD also explores improving care conference environments and overall outcomes, personalizing (and communicating) care plans, and including the nursing assistants (and families) in the care plan process.

    DVD / 2011 / 79 minutes

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    DINING WITH FRIENDS: AN INNOVATIVE APPROACH TO DINING FOR PEOPLE WITH DEMENTIA

    Would you enjoy the dining experience offered at your facility?

    This award-winning DVD offers an innovative, person-centered approach to dining for persons with dementia that boosts socialization, independence, and nutrition through creative aromatic, sensual, visual, and verbal interactions. The techniques in this DVD will inspire caregivers to use dining as an opportunity to connect with and engage each individual while encouraging personal autonomy.

    Dementia care providers will learn how to:
  • prepare for a social dining activity
  • use the "Caring Hands" approach to feeding
  • prepare and present appetizing and tasty meals (you will love the creative ideas on how to prepare food for persons on a puree diet)


  • DVD / 2010 / 20 minutes

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    THROUGH OUR EYES: A LIFE WITH DEMENTIA

    From the perspective of several persons diagnosed with various forms of dementia, this DVD takes an honest look at the highs and lows of living with dementiawith the emphasis on living. This inside look at dementia documents the impact of the emotional, physical, and cognitive changes that persons with dementia often experience, along with, ways they have found to cope and adjust to their altered lifestyles. It also offers valuable, sensitizing insights on what medical professionals can do to improve patient/family understanding when delivering a diagnosis of Alzheimer's, and how communities can become more "dementia-friendly".

    The DVD is chaptered to allow easy access to each subject area. Topics are:
  • A Life with Dementia shows that a good life is possible (11 minutes)
  • Emotional and Cognitive Impact demonstrates how dementia has affected the person (12 minutes)
  • Physical Impact deals with awareness of abilities and maintaining physical health (11 minutes)
  • What Can Professionals Do To Help provides food for thought for professionals (10 minutes)


  • DVD / 2010 / 44 minutes

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    SOFTEN THE ASSESSMENT PROCESS

    With dignity as a high priority, this DVD offers useful techniques that turn the assessment process into a two-way relationship that puts the resident at ease while information is being shared and gathered. Through the SOFTEN Technique (Support, Offer Options, Foster Friendships, Tie-In To Task, Equalize Everyone, NormalizeNow), the DVD shows how to incorporate everyday activities, build trust, and use the immediate setting as a conversation trigger while conducting an assessment. Through several teaching vignettes, the DVD also addresses common assessment challenges, and demonstrates ways to adapt and personalize the assessment process for each resident. An ideal way to respect the dignity of new residents, and improve information-gathering skills. Includes Manual. Chaptered for easy access to a particular area of interest.

    DVD / 2009 / 35 minutes

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    BEAUTIFUL HILLS OF BROOKLYN

    Based on the journal of 89-year-old Jessie Singer Sylvester, this multiple award-winning film, richly captures the inner (and outer) world of an elderly woman dealing with the changes in her life. Set in the backdrop of her beloved Brooklyn neighborhood, Jessie's mundanely honest, yet life-affirming, story gives us a glimpse of the joys and sorrows in her life. We experience along with her the joys of poetry, music, and the Botanical Garden, as well as, the sorrows of losing her sister, friends moving away, her increasing forgetfulness, and losing a sense of security in the neighborhood she's lived in all her life.

    This "study in aging" sheds light on what countless older adults experience in their later years, and gives insight into the great impact care providers and family members can have on an older person's life. An excellent training resource for social work/gerontological studies.


    DVD / 2008 / 38 minutes

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    GEORGIAN CENTENARIAN STUDY, THE

    Why do some people live longer and what are some of the characteristics which contribute to that longevity? What impact does an "engaged" lifestyle have on one's quality of life in later years? What personality traits are most consistent among centenarians?

    This intriguing, cross-sectional study highlights several centenarans living successfully beyond 100 years of life, alongside older adults in their eighties and sixities to determine why some people age more successfully than othersand what we can learn from these factors over time. It introduces us to centenarians still in the community, interacting with their families, and sharing their thoughts and life experiences. (100-year-old Annie May Larmore says, "I made up my mind to have a good time.") It documents how healthier aging tends to be promoted by positive interactions, and spiritual connections.

    The study also includes discussion on:
  • Health and nutrition in the study of aging
  • Cognitive functioning
  • The effects of genetics on longevity
  • Risks for developing Alzheimer's

  • This conorstone study (featuring co-principal investigators Leonard W. Poon, Peter Martin, and Mary Ann Johnson) provides a valuable look into the characteristics of longevity that lend clues to a successful quality of life in older adulthood.


    DVD / 2008 / 45 minutes

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    NOURISH THE BODY AND SOUL: HOW TO MAKE THE KITCHEN THE HEART OF YOUR HOME

    This "tasty" culture-change DVD shows ways to transform traditional facility dining into an enhanced person-centered dining experience that boosts nutritional intake and satifaction, and promotes a sense of overall community. Through increased resident choice, staff cooperation, and environmental changes, the DVD shows how to continue the familiar sights, sounds, smells, and comforts of food in a way that stimulates appetite and encourages fellowship. These small, but transforming steps to dining room culture change are also designed to spark creative ideas that enable staff to bond further with residents and family members as well.

    DVD / 2008 / 26 minutes

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    PREVENTING MEDICATION ERRORS IN LONG-TERM CARE

    Medication errors cause major health complications and thousands of deaths in the long-term care setting each year. This new video identifies where, when, and why most medication errors occur, and offers guidelines to help facilities greatly reduce the likelihood of errors.

    Caregivers will learn how to:
  • ecognize potential risk areas
  • use proactive prevention techniques
  • properly administer various internal and external medications
  • reduce MedicationPass deficiencies during state survey

  • Medication Administration Techniques module includes step-by-step demonstrations on how to administer injections, as well as, oral, rectal, and inhalant medications.


    DVD / 2007 / 30 minutes

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    EARLY ONSET MEMORY LOSS: A CONVERSATION WITH LETTY

    This video shows a middle aged woman in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease attempting to cope with the changes this has brought to her and to her family. This video also helps to break down public misconceptions about people with memory-impairing illnesses. Early Onset Memory Loss will be excellent viewing for families and professionals involved with Alzheimer's disease, especially those dealing with early onset Alzheimer's.

    DVD / 22 minutes

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    OLDER ADULT DEVELOPMENT

    Interviews with 98 year old Greta and experts in the field of geriatric care help explain the unique developmental tasks of older adults in this unusually personal view of life as an older adult.

    DVD / 20 minutes

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    PREVENTING UNDERNUTRITION: DEHYDRATION

    "Approximately one-third to one-half of the health problems which affect the elderly can be directly related to nutritional status." (From the video). This video encourages early nutritional intervention as a means to greatly reduce the need for invasive treatments, such as, gastrostomy tube feeding and intravenous hydration. It identifies the effects and symptoms of undernutrition and dehydration in the elderly, how to perform a nutritional and hydration assessment, and how to design an interdisciplinary plan to prevent nutritional deficiencies. Caregivers will also learn how much they can contribute to a patient's nutritional health by encouraging activity, psycho-social interaction, and recognizing potential problems, such as, swallowing difficulties, and sudden changes in behavior or food intake. Includes facilitators guide with pre-test and post-test.

    DVD / 17 minutes

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    WOMEN OF THE GEORGIAN HOTEL

    By Rose Shoshana

    This video is a warm and humorous exploration of the secrets of a long life eloquently revealed by four spirited women, ages 83 to 107. It illustrates the strength, wisdom and diverse paths taken by these long lived women. As they each reveal their sense of vitality and humor that have seen them through rough times in their lives, they become a genuine source of inspiration to the viewer.


    DVD / 20 minutes

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