Care: Documentary Film

In partnership with the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival, the Palliative Care Institute is hosting a screening of Care, a documentary film that pulls back the curtain on the poignant and largely hidden world of in-home elder care. 

Beautifully shot and deeply moving, the film reveals the deep bonds that form between paid care workers and elders while exposing the cracks in the U.S. care system. Through these personal stories, Care reveals the deep humanity and poignancy of care work, as well as the challenges faced by elders, their families and their care workers. It also reveals the beginning of a movement to improve how we care—both for the growing number of older adults and for those who make their lives livable.

This film will be following by a discussion lead by Marinel  Kniseley, author of Caring For The Qualified Life: Mexicana Certified Nursing Assistants In Bellingham, Washington and Marie Eaton, Director of the Palliative Care Institute.

This event is free, although donations to support the Bellingham Human Rights Film Festival are gratefully received.

“Tells a powerful tale of dedication…through the eyes of workers and clients caught in our woefully inadequate home health care system.”

– Cynthia Dagnal-Myron, Huffington Post