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Gerontology

Gerontology


ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A CURRENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT - PART 1: EPIDEMIOLOGY & PATHOPHYSIOLOGY, PATHOGENESIS, DIAGNOSIS & EVALUATION

Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Reviews the current recommended criteria for diagnosis and provides an overview of suggested neuroimaging diagnostic techniques. Reviews the most recent treatment options and management planning, including psychosocial intervention. Reviews current research and clinical trials investigating treatment, genetic influences, origins and mechanisms of the disease.

DVD / 2017 / 44 minutes

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ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: A CURRENT PERSPECTIVE ON THE RESEARCH AND TREATMENT - PART 2: TREATMENT OPTIONS & MANAGEMENT PLANNING, CURRENT DIRECTIONS IN ALZHEIMER'S RESEARCH

Discusses the epidemiology, pathophysiology and pathogenesis of Alzheimer's disease. Reviews the current recommended criteria for diagnosis and provides an overview of suggested neuroimaging diagnostic techniques. Reviews the most recent treatment options and management planning, including psychosocial intervention. Reviews current research and clinical trials investigating treatment, genetic influences, origins and mechanisms of the disease.

DVD / 2017 / 37 minutes

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ASPIRATION IN OLDER ADULTS WITH DYSPHAGIA

Dysphagia, or difficulty in swallowing, can occur as a consequence of aging, or due to physical or cognitive changes. This DVD explains the 4 stages of swallowing, the warning signs of aspiration, and offers care techniques that can be used to reduce the risk of aspiration while hand feeding or tube feeding. The DVD also stresses the importance of good dental hygiene and denture care, body positioning when feeding, and how to select an appropriate risk-reduction intervention.

DVD / 2009 / 47 minutes

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HOROWITZ IMPACT OF EVENT SCALE: AN ASSESSMENT OF POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS IN OLDER ADULTS - REVISED

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can affect an older adult's coping ability and sense of well-being; it is often difficult to discern, and may surface as a physical complaint with no immediately identifiable medical cause. The DVD shows how to apply the revised Horowitz Impact of Events Scale to measure response to trauma so underlying issues can be addressed. The DVD also documents how to identify risk factors, and establish appropriate treatments--including cognitive behavioral, exposure, and solution-focused therapies.

DVD / 2009 / 40 minutes

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YEARS IN THE MAKING: A JOURNEY INTO LATE LIFE CREATIVITY

Years In the Making introduces a group of 50 feisty, professional artists who live within a few miles of each other. All between the ages of 70 and 95 years old, they are still passionate about their art and their need to produce new work. They talk about the challenges they faced to become artists originally and the new challenges that come with age.

And what eventful lives they have lived. Some document how the Great Depression, World War II, the Holocaust and the Civil Rights movement impacted their lives and their art. Others tell about confronting illness and aging with creativity, finding new ways to express themselves.

Years in the Making is a joyful documentary providing insights into the creative process and the impact of art throughout various stages of life. It is a kaleidoscope of the artists, their works and their diverse personalities.

Alternately pensive and humorous, the film inspires us to seize the day and to celebrate artists who are journeying through late life creativity.

Narrated by Keir Dullea with music by composer Paul Alan Levi, this production presents a vast array of the visual arts including painters, sculptors, mixed media artists, cartoonists, illustrators, graphic designers and photographers who have spent decades nurturing their talents and creating works that have gained national and international recognition.

DVD / 2009 / 57 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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MANAGING DEPRESSION: CONSIDERATIONS IN THE OLDER PATIENT

Robert L. Spitzer, MD; K. Ranga Krishnan, MD; Sheldon H. Preskorn, MD

This program features leading medical experts presenting information on short and long term treatment of mood disorders. The faculty will address diagnosis, treatment options, clinical drug therapy, and management of mood disorders in the older patient. Additional topics wil be: polypharmacy, comorbid medical conditions, drug interactions, and the impact of depression on cognition, functions, and motor skills.

DVD / 2008 / 90 minutes

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NO AGE LIMIT: CREATIVITY AND AGING

This DVD explores the life-enhancing impact of continued creativity and artistic expression--well into the later years! It uses brief excerpts that profile the creative process of elder artists, introduces us to a 90-something actress who grabs life with both hands, and demonstrates how creative expression can even transcend dementia. The DVD also includes a section on the work of the late Doctor Gene Cohen, co-founder of the Creativity Discovery Corps, who was best known for championing the limitless potential of the aging brain.

Six Chapters:
  • The Creative Process Knows No Age Limit
  • Creative Expressions: Three Older Artists
  • The Quilt Arts of Gee's Bend
  • Imagination Keeps My Energy Up: Actress Mimi Weddell
  • The Older Artist as Coach: Dancer Frederic Franklin
  • Imagination in the Moment: Dementia and Creativity
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    DVD / 2008 / 26 minutes

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    HOLDING OUR OWN: EMBRACING THE END OF THE LIFE

    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.

    DVD / 2007 / 57 minutes

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    POSITIVE IMAGES OF AGING

    Positive Images of Aging is a compilation DVD that gives you access to14 different video segements, 3-5 minutes in length, that each reflect on a positive image of aging. Because they are chaptered on the DVD, you have instant access to any of the14 segments. Show one or more of them to clients, or incorporate them into a PowerPoint presentation.

    Chapters include:
    1. Changing Perceptions of Aging
    2. Positive Adjustment as We Age
    3. Intimacy in the Elder Years
    4. Family Ties, Grandparenting, and Mentoring
    5. Foster Grandparents
    6. Wisdom and Courage in Elder hood
    7. Creative Aging
    8. Beauty in Aging
    9. Spirited Senior Softball plus 5 bonus Features on Longevity
    10. Genetics versus Lifestyle
    11. Diet and Exercise
    12. Calorie Restriction
    13. Aging Statistics
    14. A Visit with Centenarians"

    DVD / 2007 / 56 minutes

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    ARMCHAIR FITNESS: GENTLE EXERCISE

    This program is intended for persons with limited strength and range of motion. The program begins with a slow and easy warm-up. Teacher Betty Switkes progresses through a gentle full-body routine including a seated dance and a refreshing relaxation with Broadway style music.

    DVD / 2006 / 30 minutes

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    BEAUTY IN AGING

    How do women view themselves as they get older? This compilation film uses excerpts to explore the self-images of women as they age in our society. From a woman who contracts Bell's Palsy (which leaves one half of her face paralyzed) to nursing home beauty pageant finalists to 85-year-old Zelda who continues to take life by storm, the DVD allows women to speak for themselves as they define and redefine themselves through the transitions of aging. Full of wonderful insights.

    DVD / 2006 / 30 minutes

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    FALL PREVENTION 101: PERSONAL STORIES & EXPERT ADVICE

    This informative documentary offers a concise collection of unnerving personal accounts of falls and expert advise from Harvard and Yale medical school professors on fall prevention. This program provides caregivers, and persons at risk of falling, with an introduction to the evaluation and modification of the home environment.

    DVD / 2005 / 9 minutes

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    AGING IN AMERICA: THE YEARS AHEAD

    This video is a journey across the topography of aging in search of what it means to have a 'good old age.' This film traverses the experience of our elders from the wellderly to the elderly, as told through a series of intimate vignettes of people who are living the new old age. This film is the result of seven years of fieldwork by the internationally-acclaimed team of writer Julie Winokur and photographer Ed Kashi. They traveled across the country, collecting scores of personal histories that when taken collectively challenge the culture of Aging in America.

    DVD / 2003 / 57 minutes

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    GROW OLD ALONG WITH ME: THE POETRY OF AGING

    Through many diverse faces (from artists and actors to an opera singer and a Buddhist nun), this DVD takes the viewer on a poignant, engaging journey that shows aging, itself, as an ongoing creative process that fully unravels only when we embrace the richness that the "later half" of our lives can bring.

    With grounded honesty, these older adults address their creativity, intimacy, being alone, accepting the reality of death, and the blessings of peace and nature as they grow older--with hope. Their insights on the process and effects of aging show us how to adapt gracefully to the changes taking place in our bodies, in our relationships, and in the very circumstances of our lives.

    With the wisdom gained here, viewers will be encouraged to embrace the opportunities of life--at every stage.

    DVD / 2000 / 57 minutes

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    ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE: ADVANCES IN DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT

    Donald Royall, MD; Steven Inbody, MD; Rachelle Doody, MD, PhD; Jary Lesser, MD

    Understanding problem behaviour and dementia, strategy for treating Alzheimer's, differential diagnosis, management of non-cognitive symptoms.

    DVD / 120 minutes

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    ARMCHAIR FITNESS: YOGA HEALTH

    Master teacher and health educator Pat Hulbert leads participants in three 27 minute sessions of breathing for relaxation, coordinated stretching, and yoga movements seated in a chair. Regular practice of rhythmic stretching and relaxation promotes confidence, a deepened sense of wellbeing and serenity. The movements require no prior yoga experience. Soothing music accompanies the program.

    DVD / 81 minutes

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    CONCEPTS AND CONTROVERSIES IN THE DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS

    David J. Baylink, MD; Robert Lindsay, MD; Michael J. Maricic, MD; Charles H. Chestnut, III, MD

    Focuses on this prevalent disease, which is gaining increased attention as an important issue in woman's health and geriatric medicine. Program also focuses on the fundamentals of agents used for the treatment of osteoporosis, including side effects, efficacy, compliance, dosage regimen, and the need for additional drugs.

    DVD / 90 minutes

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    GERIATRICS HORIZONS: ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE

    Lisa P. Gwyther, MSW; Pierre N. Tariot, MD; Cornelia Beck, PhD; Peter J. Whitehouse, MD, PhD

    Awareness of what patients & families want from health professionals; behavioral intervention which can be used to decrease disruptive behaviors and functional performance; Learn the cardinal features of dementia which will permit early diagnosis.

    DVD / 90 minutes

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    GERIATRICS HORIZONS: MANAGEMENT OF ASTHMA

    Stanley J. Szefler, MD; Timothy Craig, DO; Sally Wenzel, MD-G; Dennis Clifton, PharmD; Robert J. Kuhn, PharmD

    Major aspects of care; importance of allergy in asthma pathophysiology; practical aspects measuring the response to asthma management procedures and how they can be easily applied; opportunities for improving the cost-effectiveness of asthma treatment; define the pharmacist's role in patient compliance and managed care.

    DVD / 90 minutes

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    LET'S FACE IT - WOMEN EXPLORE THEIR AGING FACES

    Let's Face It is a touching and honest glimpse into the intimate self-explorations of several women in their 40's, 50's, and 60's. As they face the natural reality of sags and bags, lines and wrinkles, they reflect on the impact these physical changes have on not only their bodies, but also on their attitudes about themselves, and on the way they are perceived by society. As these women look deeply at themselves, they wrestle with many powerful issues, including, self-esteem, resentment, face-lift considerations, societal pressures, and coming to terms with themselves 'as-is'.

    Viewers will benefit from the self reflective insights in this film. A sure-fire discussion starter on the aging process itself, and how we learn to view ourselves as we grow older.

    DVD / 26 minutes

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    MANAGEMENT OF OSTEOARTHRITIS & RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS

    Richard M. Pope, MD; Tom D. Geppert, MD; David E. Trentham, MD; Richard P. Pollison, MD; Lee S. Simon, MD

    Principles for the diagnosis of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, importance of early recognition, conservative management of patients - both medical and physical therapy based on pathophysiologic mechanisms, expected clinical management.

    DVD / 90 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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    PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING: MANAGED CARE AND THE OLDER PATIENT

    Robert N. Butler, MD; Frederick T. Sherman, MD,MSc; Emily Rhinehart, RN, MPH, CPHQ; Skip Klein, CFA; John C. Rother, JD

    Roundtable discussion of managed care and the older patient

    DVD / 90 minutes

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    PROMOTING HEALTHY AGING: OVERCOMING LATE-LIFE DEPRESSION

    Robert N. Butler, MD; Gene Cohen, MD, PhD; Myrna Lewis, MSW; Wanda Simmons-Clemmons, MD; Trey Sunderland, MD

    A roundtable of world renowned geriatric specialists will address issues surrounding late life depression including warning signs, symptoms, and methods used to aid geriatric depression sufferers.

    DVD / 90 minutes

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    SURFING FOR LIFE

    By David L. Brown and Roy Earnest

    Surfing For Life is a documentary about healthy aging and life-well-lived from the unique perspective of 7 male and 3 female surfers who have been surfing since the 30's, 40's and 50's and now range in age from 60 to 93. Through interviews centered on key aspects of healthy aging, along with archival and present day footage of the film's subjects surfing and living their lives, an entertaining image of successful aging emerges. For surfers and non-surfers alike, this program celebrates life and encourages the viewer to pursue whatever hopes and dreams inspire passion.

    From a gerontological point of view, Surfing For Life is an intriguing exercise in applied gerontology and can serve as a springboard for discussion about holistic aspects of healthy and successful aging. The interviews touch on many of the hallmarks of successful aging such as exercise, diet, reminiscence, intergenerational involvement and mentoring, healthy acceptance and management of the physical changes that come with growing older, stress reduction, family relationships, long-term friendships, a sense of community, being of service to others, spirituality, an elemental connection with nature, and joyful peak experiences. The program leaves viewers with a renewed sense of the human potential of later life and provides a powerful alternative to the largely negative view of the capacities of older people held by many in our youth dominated society.

    DVD / 55 minutes

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