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  title info:
    title: Can't afford to grow old
  name:
    name part: Weisberg, Roger.
    role:
      role term: creator
  name:
    name part: Public Policy Productions, Inc
  type of resource: moving image
  genre: videorecording
  genre: Documentary.
  genre: Streaming videos.
  genre: documentary film.
  genre: Documentary films
  genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
  genre: Documentary films.
  genre: Documentaires.
  genre: Vidéos pour personnes handicapées auditives.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 1990
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: 1 online resource (57 min.)
  abstract: As you age you probably will want to live with the familiar comforts of your home, but you d better be healthy and wealthy. The reality of aging in America is that there is no help in paying for a nurse or a housekeeper if you become disabled and need assistance. All your family can do is place you in a nursing home, and only after your money runs out will the government pay the bills. The cruel irony is that the cost of a nursing home is often much greater to the American taxpayer than subsidized home care. This film features several families eager to keep their elderly relatives at home, who have simply exhausted their physical and financial resources. Every year, up to one million Americans are forced into poverty by the cost of long-term care, and only then do they qualify for Medicaid, the state and federal health insurance program for the very poor. This cogent analysis of the impact of the aging of America on our strained health-care system combines poignant human stories with informed testimony by law makers and public policy experts. The debate centers around whether the government or the private sector should ultimately pay for long-term care. We are shown innovative programs, one private and one publicly funded, that give seniors some options as they experience frailty in old age. This landmark film clearly illustrates the crisis facing all Americans as they and their parents age. It should be seen by students and professionals in health care, gerontology, social service, public policy, as well as the general public.
  target audience: For College; Adult audiences.
  target audience: general
  note: produced, written, and directed by Roger Weisberg for Public Policy Productions.
  note: English.
  note: American Society on Aging Festival, 1991
  note: Special Achievement, Retirement Research Foundation, 1990
  note: Silver Award, John Muir Medical Film Festival, 1990
  note: Winner, HeSCA Media Awards, 1990
  note: Best in Category, Birmingham International Film Festival, 1990
  note: Bronze Apple, National Educational Film & Video Festival, 1990
  note: National Council on Aging, 1990
  note: Mid America Conference on Aging, 1990
  note: Association for Gerontology in Higher Education, 1990
  subject:
    geographic code: n-us---
  subject:
    topic: Medical care, Cost of
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Older people
    topic: Medical care
    geographic: United States
    topic: Cost control
  subject:
    topic: Older people
    topic: Medical care
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Soins médicaux
    topic: Coût
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Personnes âgées
    topic: Soins médicaux
    geographic: États-Unis
    topic: Coût
    topic: Contrôle
  subject:
    topic: Personnes âgées
    topic: Soins médicaux
    geographic: États-Unis
  subject:
    topic: Medical care, Cost of
  subject:
    topic: Older people
    topic: Medical care
  subject:
    geographic: United States
  subject:
    topic: Health
  classification: Internet Access AEGMCT
  classification: 362.10846
  related item:
    identifier: (OCoLC)747796441
  related item:
    title info:
      title: Filmakers Library online
  identifier: http://proxy.library.tamu.edu/login
  record info:
    record content source: ALSTP
    record creation date: 080405
    record change date: 20241201225430.3
    record identifier: in00005534506
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng