Palliative Care Video List - Pain Resource Center

Pain Management & Coping 30 minutes Some 86 million Americans suffer from some form of chronicpain. Throughout the ages mankind has wrestled with understanding sources of pain and how to relieveit. There is no good reason, regardless of age or illness, why people today should live and suffer withpain. This SUCCESSFUL AGING video program provides information and advice on the causes ofpain and how to lessen the suffering caused by chronic pain. Aquarius Productions AGEPAIN Video$125Pain Management for the Oncology Nurse One of four video programs from Oncology Nursing TodayTM 2000. Content includes barriers to effective pain management, pain assessment, pharmacologicaltherapies to manage pain, and strategies for improving pain management. Stratos Institutehttp://www.stratosinstitute.com/contact_us.htmPalliative Care 30 minutes America is a death denying society that often does not formally prepareindividuals to deal with death and dying on personal and emotional levels. Palliative care is aphilosophy of care for terminally ill patients, which assures the physical, emotional, social, and spiritualcomfort of the dying patient and their family. Aquarius Productions AGEPALL Video $125Parkinson’s Disease 19 minutes This program examines the pharmaceutical and surgical treatments forParkinson’s disease, profiling a 61-year-old author and educator who has struggled for a quarter of acentury to control his symptoms. The program also explores the relationship between “designer drugs”and the onset of symptoms in young drug abusers. Films for the Humanities APW1437 Video $89.95Patient Self-Determination 25 minutes This program defines types of advance directives and exploresrelated ethical issues. Objections to advance directives are presented. Insight Media NS842 Video $226Peege 28 minutes This touching, poignant film portrays a family’s Christmas visit to theirgrandmother, a patient in a nursing home, and their sense of despair and isolation as they strugglevainly to communicate. DVD and VHS $25http://www.phoenixlearninggroup.com/Products/VideoDetail.aspx?id=9185d67f-1bd9-4ba2-a271-592837cce438&cat=&subPharmacology 23 minutes Modern medicine owes much of its success to drugs. How do thesechemical molecules treat and cure aches and illnesses? This program explains that these substances areusually “copies” of natural substances produced by our own bodies. We witness the invention of a newdrug by two researchers working at a major pharmaceutical laboratory—computer-assisted, of course.Finally, we are introduced to some promising new weapons against cancer, drugs designed to zero in oncancer cells and destroy the. Films for the Humanities APW5523 Video $89.95Portraits of Grief 24 minutes This program is a collection of deeply personal interviews and relatesthem to the different stages of the grieving process: disbelief, sadness, loneliness, depression, fear,anger, guilt, and exhaustion. The viewer sees how grief is a process that can lead to understanding andacceptance. Films for the Humanities & Sciences BYF8501 Video $89.95POSITIVELY SERIES (3 part) These videos show real life examples of people successfully managingmedication challenges as well as showing proven strategies to manage their mental health and othersocial needs. Positively: Adults Coping with HIV and AIDS 36minutes Targeted to individuals livingwith HIV/AIDS and all those who care for them; including professionals and non-professionals. Thisvideo is designed to motivate viewers to be aware of mental health issues related to HIV and to seekVideo list Page 49 of 68Rev 09