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House calls / by Ian Mcleod.
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- Video
- Series:
- Filmakers Library online
- Filmakers library online
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Nowaczynskit, Mark.
- Older people--Home care.
- Older people.
- Older people--Medical care.
- Physician and patient.
- Genre:
- Nonfiction films.
- Video recordings.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (56 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Filmakers Library, 2006.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Summary:
- House calls by doctors are largely a thing of the past. But one doctor realized how vulnerable his frail elderly housebound patients were, and has devoted his practice to seeing them at home. In this way they are spared the necesssity of entering nursing homes. Dr. Mark Nowaczynski is both a physician and photographer in Toronto and his photographs of elderly patients capture their timeless humanity. This film will enable those caring for the elderly to understand what drives patients to maintain their independence at all costs. It shows that our health care system has not kept up with the changing demographics and spends too little on home care.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed Oct. 8, 2014).
- Electronic reproduction. Alexandria, VA : Alexander Street Press, 2014. (Filmakers library online). Available via World Wide Web.
- Columbus International Film and Video Festival, 2005
- Freddie award, Caregiving, International Health and Medical Media competition, 2005
- OCLC:
- 808842216
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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