FutureStates
Simon Ender struggles with his decision to commit his elderly mother into a revolutionary nursing home alternative that has solved the rapidly growing Senior Citizen overpopulation. Continue
Independent Lens
Learning to communicate through a mother's dementia requires patience, ingenuity, and love. Continue
To The Contrary
The new face of MAC Cosmetics, Iris Apfel, is 90 years old. Continue
Independent Lens
In this clip from the film, feisty Alzheimer's patient Lee Gorewitz pinches a box of cereal from the staff and teases her fellow patients as a way to combat caginess in the care unit. Continue
Independent Lens
Lee finds a birthday card but cannot recognize that she is the "Mom" to whom the card is addressed. Exasperated and missing her children, Lee embraces a make believe family of stuffed animals. Continue
To The Contrary
Women are being drawn to the "Occupy" movements to improve their situations in a time of high unemployment, The use of pink and sexualized breasts during Breast Cancer Awareness Month has one journalist speaking out, As the world's population hits 7 billion people, two experts explain the impact that number will have on natural resources, war and women Continue
To The Contrary
Congress struggles to compromise on the debt ceiling; middle-aged women are committing suicide at a high rate; using conditional cash transfers to pull families out of poverty. Continue
POV
'The Opposite of Cold' highlights sauna photos and history from North America in the Finnish tradition. Continue
To The Contrary
Women's groups enter the debt reduction debate; A controversial idea to remove obese children from their parents custody; Some parents are going to extreme measures to guarantee sons. Continue
The Parent Show
Super Model Emme Shares Tips on Single Parenting and Maintaining a Healthy Self-Image Continue
FutureStates
Gwen is the spokesperson for a radical technology allowing people to overcome their natural disadvantages and begin life anew. But when her job and family are in crisis, will she undergo the procedure herself? Continue
Independent Lens
Singer-songwriter Jonatha Brooke cared for her mother (a gifted poet and writer, as well) for more than two years as they traveled the strange and unpredictable path of Alzheimer’s disease together in Brooke’s New York home. Her mother died earlier this year. Brooke offered this very personal perspective on Alzheimer’s for Independent Lens. Continue
PBS Specials
Best-selling author, spiritual teacher and internationally renowned lecturer Dr. Wayne Dyer introduces the Five Wishes Fulfilled Foundations and outlines a program for mastering the tools necessary for living a profoundly satisfying life. Continue
Independent Lens
Lee Gorewitz is a feisty, opinionated woman given to philosophical ruminations on the nature of things, even as she struggles to navigate the increasingly confused and confusing landscape of Alzheimer's disease. In this clip, she makes mischief during the activity period in the Alzheimer's care facility where she lives. Continue
Independent Lens
Lee Gorewitz lives in a care facility for Alzheimer's patients, but she is not simply waiting to die. She is full of curiosity and frustration, struggling to remember herself and make sense of a world that is falling away from her. Continue
The Open Mind
Director of the Urban Institute's Program on Retirement Policy Richard W. Johnson discusses the trend of extended working ages in America. Continue
POV
Flip through photos of some ingenious examples of mobile saunas from the Mobile Sauna Festival in Teuva, Finland. Continue
POV
Would you know how to pronounce löylyhuone if you went to a Finnish sauna? Listen to audio clips of Finnish words relating to the sauna and discover what they mean! Continue
To The Contrary
Women's groups enter the debt reduction debate; A controversial idea to remove obese children from their parents custody; Some parents are going to extreme measures to guarantee sons. Continue
The Open Mind
Dr. Joanne Lynn discusses her book for dying patients. Continue
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