Thursday, April 24, 2008

Saving Our Parents

Ed Asner, Art Linkletter, Michael Reagan, LAPD Police Chief William Bratton, L.A. Public Health Director Jonathan Fielding, Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen and a host of others join intergenerational experts Debby Bitticks and Dorothy Breininger of Delphi Health Products, Inc. in a new documentary, "Saving Our Parents", which launches this month, April 2008.


Hosted and narrated by Emmy & Golden Globe winner Ed Asner, and produced and directed by Emmy winner Jeff MacIntyre, the DVD's mission is to protect the aging population of the country and help adult children care for their aging parents.

Interviewees tell shocking stories of families deceived by predators and offer life-saving information from the country's most trusted experts on the topic.

Segments include:

* Predatory caregivers and crooked conservators
* Financial scam artists
* Neglectful nursing homes and generations living together
* Dangerous hoarding disorders that pose health risks
* Michael Reagan's transformational experience with his father,
former president Ronald Reagan and Alzheimer's Disease
* Tips from Marc Hankin, Elder Abuse Attorney
* Inspirational tips for safe and healthy aging

Source:
Celebrities & Experts Join Forces to Help Prevent Elder Abuse

Our parents and loved ones are living longer than ever before. Between 1990 and 2020 the number of 65 to 74 year old Americans will increase by a staggering 75%. As the senior population surges, so does their risk for falling prey to elder abuse. Predatory Caregivers... Crooked Conservators... Neglectful Nursing Homes — the "golden" years have never been more dangerous.

Saving Our Parents is a must see wake-up call for every generation!

To view clips from the film: Saving Our Parents

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This is great! Thank you Hollywood stars for teaming up and joining other prominent, important people. Your powerful positions will get the attention and open the eyes of millions of people, saving many from becoming victims at their most vulnerable time in their lives.

I hope the federal and state legislators from coast to coast are paying attention to this impressive team of advocates.

I think this group of advocates should request to be invited to testify in Washington DC at a series of hearings with the US Senate Special Committee on Aging.

Anonymous said...

What a wonderful idea (the advocates testifying at the US Senate Special Committee on Aging).

Now that would draw a crowd and would even been seen on all the entertainment shows.

Care Buzz said...

I am so grateful for people to get involved in these awful actions directed to our elders and children! In my opinion, our society craves and admires beauty and youth WAY too much. We're missing a huge link to wisdom and experience.. our elders.. our parents, grandparents... etc.

My best, Carol
www.workingcaregiver.com
http://seniorservicessavings.wordpress.com