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Louisa 'Lou' Clark lives in a quaint town in the English countryside. With no clear direction in her life, the quirky and creative 26-year old goes from one job to the next in order to make ends meet. Taking a job at the local 'castle' she becomes caregiver and companion to Will Traynor, a wealthy young banker who became wheelchair bound in an accident. Embarking together on a series of adventures, both Lou and Will get more than they bargained for....
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Johanna Parry, a quiet caregiver, starts a new job working for an elderly Mr. McCauley and his teenage granddaughter Sabitha. A cruel trick by Sabitha lands Johanna in an awkward one-way relationship with Ken, Sabitha's estranged father but her newfound ambition and desire gives her courage to transform her awkward doom into real contentment.
3) Coming home
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
A sad, poignant love story set against the social upheaval of the Vietnam war. Set in 1968, the story concerns a woman who, while her husband is serving in Vietnam, falls in love with a paraplegic while performing volunteer work at a San Diego veterans hospital.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
When an accomplished pianist is diagnosed with the devastating and incurable disease ALS, she hires a directionless young woman who becomes her full-time caregiver. Complete opposites, the strangers form a life changing bond inspiring each other to live life to fullest, while being brought together by the most challenging of circumstances.
5) Sky blossom
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Presents the stories of young people who care for family members with difficult medical conditions.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
中文(繁體)
Description
Roger is a successful movie producer. Ah Tao has worked for Roger's family as a nanny and maid over the course of four generations. When Roger comes home to find Ah Tao's suffered a severe stroke and she is unable to care for herself, he agrees to help her relocate to a nursing home. He wants to help, but fears he'll fail her. She needs his kindness, but doesn't want to be a burden. As their roles reverse, he becomes her caregiver, and comes to understand...
Pub. Date
2010.
Language
Italiano
Description
An utterly charming tale of good food, feisty ladies and unlikely friendships during a very Roman holiday. Broke, and armed with only a glass of wine and a wry sense of humor, middle-aged Gianni resides with his 93-year-old mother in their ancient apartment. The condo debts are mounting, but if Gianni looks after the building manager's mother, all will be forgiven. Then the manager also shows up with an auntie, and then a doctor friend appears with...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Whether you have cared for your loved one for one year or many, when it ends it will feel abrupt. The life and routine that have become yours suddenly comes to an end with a finality that is painful on many levels. You have become a different person during your caregiving experience, yet you haven't had time to realize who that person is. Your focus was on someone else and the thought of shifting that focus to yourself may be scary. However, exploring...
10) The carer
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Diagnosed with a rare form of Parkinson's Disease, ailing theatrical legend Sir Michael Gifford is terminally ill. He's also foul-mouthed, irascible, and highly resistant to the concept of allowing a full time care giver into his home. Out of sheer necessity but hardly convicted at the notion herself, Sir Michael's daughter Sophia reluctantly brings in a candidate to interview for the job.
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
With New York City as the backdrop, the documentary focuses on the psychological, social, and concrete impact on the caregivers of caring for a loved one with cancer is portrayed in-depth through the personal experiences of four individuals. All are members of Gilda's Club New York City, a cancer support community named after the late actress and comedienne Gilda Radner.
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Deutsch
Description
A delightful satire of the haves and the have-nots set against the backdrop of a gorgeous lakeside villa in Switzerland. At the story's center is Wanda, a Polish caretaker who has left her own small children in Poland to look after Josef, the stroke-ridden patriarch of the wealthy Wegmeister-Gloor dynasty. Wanda is adept in navigating the tricky family dynamics between the two grown offspring and the elegant if controlling matriarch Elsa, along with...
13) Help
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
When Sarah starts a job in a nursing home, to her surprise she is really good at it. She's a natural with the residents, and begins to form a special bond with Tony, a younger resident who has early onset dementia. The home is chronically underfunded and when the Covid pandemic hits, it suffers from understaffing, sickness and heart-breaking losses.
14) Shut in
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
[Blu-ray only].
Language
English
Description
Recently widowed child psychologist Mary Portman lives an isolated existence caring for her bedridden stepson in rural New England. But when a young boy Mary is treating goes missing in a snowstorm and is presumed dead, she becomes convinced that his ghost is haunting her, and soon Mary's grip on reality turns as slippery as her icy surroundings.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Americans are living longer than ever before. Seventy-five million baby boomers are entering their retirement years at a rate of 10,000 a day. The United States is not prepared for this unprecedented demographic shift, and the question we're now all facing is: who will care for this aging population when they can no longer care for themselves?
16) Kal ho naa ho
Pub. Date
[2003]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Language
Hindi
Description
When Aman Mathur moves into the neighborhood, he changes the life of Naina Catherine Kapur by pushing into things the quiet and serious girl would never have dreamed of doing.
19) Rent-a-pal: DVD
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
"Set in 1990, a lonely bachelor named David searches for an escape from the day-to-day drudgery of caring for his aging mother. While seeking a partner through a video dating service, he discovers a strange VHS tape called Rent-A-Pal. Hosted by the charming and charismatic Andy, the tape offers him much-needed company, compassion, and friendship. But, Andy's friendship comes at a cost, and David desperately struggles to afford the price of admission."...
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