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4) The gin game
Publisher
Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
A bittersweet comedy that follows the relationship that develops between nursing home residents Fonsia Dorsey and Weller Martin during a series of gin games. As the games progress, their ailments, misfortunes, and losses are exposed in funny, honest, and increasingly heated moments, and what begins as a tentative friendship quickly turns into a battle of wills.
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Whether you have cared for your loved one for one year or many, when it ends it will feel abrupt. The life and routine that have become yours suddenly comes to an end with a finality that is painful on many levels. You have become a different person during your caregiving experience, yet you haven't had time to realize who that person is. Your focus was on someone else and the thought of shifting that focus to yourself may be scary. However, exploring...
6) Wisdom
Author
Publisher
Abrams
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Photographer Zuckerman has recorded the images-- and the thoughts and ideas-- of fifty of the world's most prominent persons over sixty-five years old. Their insights provide a legacy for the generations that follow
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Helps understand the alternatives to nursing facilities and shows how to: find the best care you can afford; evaluate long-term care insurance; arrange home care; explore options beyond nursing homes; choose a nursing facility; get the most out of Medicare, Medicaid and other benefit programs; protect your assets; and recognize and prevent elder fraud.--From publisher description, 2006 ed.
Publisher
YMAA Publication Center
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
We get best at what we practice most. If you want to live longer and feel younger, then you have to develop the habits of those who enjoy improved longevity and vitality. This describes the TaijiFit lifestyle, and developing these healthier habits is easier than you might think: just follow along with this video a few times a week! David-Dorian Ross guides you through an easy workout to help keep your body in great working order and minimize wear...
11) Calendar Girls
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
A life-affirming documentary about Florida's most dedicated dance team for women over 60. Recognizable by their wild and wacky costumes, The Calendar Girls perform at over 100 events each year. Through revealing conversations and choreographed dance sequences, the film captures the delicate balance these women strike between family, home, and dance.
12) The guardians
Publisher
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
Examines the systemic abuse of elderly people in Las Vegas and exposes a cautionary tale where some of society's most vulnerable citizens are robbed of their life savings, healthcare decisions, and autonomy. Victims are drawn into a scheme that allows corrupt court-appointed guardians to take control of their lives. Armed with court orders obtained under dubious circumstances, guardians are able to forcibly remove elderly wards from their homes and...
18) Lives well lived
Publisher
PBS Distribution
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Celebrates the incredible wit and wisdom of people aged 75-100, who reveal their secrets for living a meaningful life. Encompassing 3,000 years of collective life experience, diverse people share life lessons about perseverance, the human spirit, and staying positive in the midst of life's greatest challenges.
Publisher
Docurama
Pub. Date
c2007
Language
English
Description
Afloat: From the intimate vantage point of a senior community swimming pool, water and time suspend both body and memory. This film travels underwater and above water to create a gentle meditation on growing old, staying young, and living life
The angelmakers: Tells the forgotten story of a large group of Hungarian women who killed their husbands with arsenic in 1929
High Plains winter: This short film captures the lunar quality of the western winter...
20) The other side
Publisher
Film Movement
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
In an invisible territory at the margins of society lives a wounded community facing the threat of being forgotten by political institutions and having their rights as citizens trampled. Disarmed veterans, taciturn adolescents, drug addicts trying to escape addiction through love; ex-special forces soldiers still at war with the world; floundering young women and future mothers; and old people who have not lost their desire to live. Through this hidden...
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