Caregiver: A Love Story
Recorded: December 2020
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Webinar Guest Speakers:
Dr. Jessica Zitter – Film Director & Pulmonary and Critical Care Physician
Webinar Moderator:
Kris Kington-Barker – INELDA Director of Special Programs
Please join Kris Kington-Barker for an INELDA members only screening of CAREGIVER a love story followed by a candid Q&A session with the film’s director, Dr. Jessica Nutik Zitter.
The burden on family caregivers is rising in this country, and fast. 2017 was the first time in over a hundred years that more people died at home than in a hospital. That’s good, because home is where most people say that they want to die. But in bringing the dying home, 44 million non-professional caregivers are now working double-time—and for free—in jobs for which they are completely untrained.
Caregiver: A Love Story puts a human face to the toll—physical, emotional, and financial—that afflicts most family members who care for their dying loved ones at home. In 24 minutes, Bambi Fass and her husband Rick take us through the joys, and the unexpected sorrows, that can accompany a family’s journey through the end of life.
Caregiver: A Love Story provides a glimpse into a crisis that might someday affect each and every one of us. As we witness the inescapable and rising pressures on Rick, we realize that a good end-of-life experience is not a guarantee, even when the caregiver is going above and beyond. There is so much more we could and should be doing to support both the dying and their caregivers. It is a sobering message, but one which too many will relate to, and which all of the rest of us need to hear. We believe that Caregiver: A Love Story will make it impossible to ignore the plight of those who care for a seriously ill loved one at home. It also will speak to what is missing in the care most dying people and loved ones receive and the great benefits of working with doulas.
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