Have you ever looked at one of our DVDs and thought you’d like to have more information, or wanted to hear more from some of the video participants?

Check out our new release Alzheimer’s, The 36 Hour Day – Moving to Assisted Living. A menu at the beginning of the DVD allows you to hear more from Dr. Rabins or Bob, the family caregiver. We think you’ll find this a great new feature.

On September 14, 20ll, Nancy Fleming died at Emeritus Towson Assisted Living.

For the past three years, Nancy, her husband Bob Fleming and their daughter Kelly (plus grandchildren) have generously shared their world with our camera allowing us to document the progression of Alzheimer’s disease and its impact on the family. They've been featured in several productions released by the University of Maryland Video Press including: Alzheimer’s, The 36-Hour Day; Alzheimer’s, The 36-Hour day – Moving to Assisted Living; Bob and Nancy’s 36-Hour Day; and Bob and Nancy’s 36 Hour-Day - Moving to Assisted Living.

Many people throughout the United States have gained hope and understandings about Alzheimer’s through these productions and through them, Nancy’s legacy will live on. The final sequel to this documentary will be released in 2012.

Our sincere thanks to Fleming family.

In this new video available on YouTube, elderly residents in assisted living and long-term care speak out about their right to be treated as individuals and be allowed to do as much for themselves as they are able.

Features residents from the Video Press productions: Resident's Rights: The Resident's Perspective, Respecting Resident's Rights: Individuality and Dignity, and Resident's Rights: The Right to Quality ADL Care.

The brand new 2010-2011 Video Press catalog is currently on its way to universities, technical colleges and long-term care facilities across the nation, so expect your copy soon!

Can't wait? Download your copy now:

» 2011-2012 Video Press Elder Care Catalog (.pdf)

ATTENTION State agencies, regulartory agencies and professional training organizations: We want to know what your training needs are! Video Press is happy to develop a budget and produce or modify an existing program to better meet your training requirements. Need to change things and make sure better care is provided? We'll work with you to make sure you have the resources you need. Better care comes through staff training!

Video Press is working hard to bring you six new elder care videos for both professional training and family caregivers. And for the first time this year some of our new titles will include additional video content provided for no extra cost on the same DVD. So be on the look out for new Video Press titles with bonus resources! (AVAILABLE NOW!)

Alzheimer’s, The 36-Hour Day – Moving to Assisted Living - 18 months after the initial filming, Nancy is having more difficulties with language and memory and is now living in assisted living. This DVD will focus on the changes in Bob and Nancy's lives and include four informational bonus videos great for professional trainers and family caregivers. Bonus content includes: interviews with Dr. Peter Rabins on caregiving tips, caregiver well-being, 'The Nursing Home Decision', and an excerpted 18-month comparative assessment of Nancy's mental status.

Bob and Nancy's 36-Hour Day – Moving to Assisted Living - This documentary follows an afternoon in life of Bob and Nancy now that Nancy has moved to assisted living. Nancy somehow, sometimes understands that she and Bob no longer live together. At moments, the separation is tragically powerful for both of them. Yet both return to their love as the power for their lives, always looking for the best in each day.

Rabins One-on-One: Tips for Family Caregivers - This DVD presents five brief videos (each about 5 minutes) with Dr. Peter Rabins addressing specific care challenges for families caring for loved ones with Alzheimer's or dementia. Topics include: caregiver guilt, the nursing home decision; and dealing with specific behaviors association with Alzheimer's disease. These videos deal with the most urgent issues faced by family caregivers and presents Dr. Rabins' response to dealing with them! An excellent resource for support groups.

Resident’s Rights: The Right to Quality ADL Care - Every resident has the right to a quality of life and this means quality Activities of Daily Living (ADL) care. In this program, residents talk about how their quality of life largely depends on ADL care. All staff in long-term care and assisted living should be required to see this video.

Resident’s Rights: Why Residents Refuse Necessary Care - This program explored some of the reasons residents exercise their right to refuse care which may lead to negative health concequences that neither the resident or caregiver want.

Resident’s Rights: Strategies to Overcome Resistance to Care - In this program, long-term care staff share their strategies for promoting residents willingness to comply with care critical to maintaining their quality of life.

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In 2009, Video Press released Alzheimer's, The 36-Hour Day and Bob and Nancy's 36-Hour Day, video companions to the national best selling family caregiver guide by Peter V. Rabins, MD, MPH. Through the documentation of one family's experiences, Dr. Rabins guides the viewers to better understand Alzheimer's disease. These programs have been acquired by universities, support groups and nursing facilities and Video Press is proud to continue the special purchase price of $50 for each program.

36-Hour Day Part II

This summer Video Press will release a Bob and Nancy follow-up program, Alzheimer's, The 36-Hour Day: Moving to Assisted Living. Tracking the progression of Alzheimer's disease and its impact on the family, this update provides an assessment of Nancy's condition 18 months after the initial filming, a documentation of her new life in assisted living, and special commentary by Dr. Rabins.

MedSchool Maryland Productions presents Departing Rosewood, a new documentary airing on Maryland Public Television.

Departing Rosewood--the new documentary by OSCAR® winning producer and director of Video Press, Susan Hannah Hadary in collaboration with producer, John Anglim--expands two decades of productions documenting the worlds of individuals with physical disabilities to now include the world of individuals with developmental disabilities.

This documentary presents Steven Corderman, from abuse to institution, from institution to community. As with KING GIMP, Hadary's OSCAR® winning documentary, and others in her "Stars of Inclusion" series, Hadary believes this program will help change society’s stereotypes and help educators, health professionals and service providers to better respect, provide care and support each individual.

While the people who left The Rosewood Center were provided for under a special community support program, Hadary says, "Much remains to be done for individuals with developmental disabilities in Maryland, where there’s currently a waiting list of thousands in desperate need of services. The closure of institutions is only a first step."