Fighting for Dignity: A Documentary Film on Injurious and Fatal Resident-to-Resident Incidents in Dementia in Long-Term Care Homes. Terra Nova Films.
The film can be purchased or rented on Terra Nova Film’s website:
Directed by: Eilon Caspi & Judy Berry
Filmed and edited by: Joe Pollock Films and Julius Keya, Brilliant Image Productions.
Additional editing by: Jim Vanden Bosch, Terra Nova Films and Frank Krochmal, First Run Communications
Voice Over: Calley Bliss
This film was made possible by the support of Eilon Caspi, Theresa Piccolo, and an anonymous donor.
Special Thanks to Chris Serres, The Star Tribune
In Memory of Frank Piccolo, Toronto, Canada.
Review of the Film:
Scheidt, R.J., Kivnick, H.Q., & VandenBosch, J. (2020). Fighting for Dignity. The Gerontologist (On Film and Digital Media), 60(4), 787-789.
Link to review: https://academic.oup.com/gerontologist/advance-article-abstract/doi/10.1093/geront/gnaa035/5816450?redirectedFrom=fulltext
List of Screenings
Caspi, E. (2019). Title: Fighting for Dignity: Fighting for Dignity: A Documentary Film on Injurious and Fatal Resident-to-Resident Incidents in Dementia. Screening on June 13 2019 at Arizona’s 1st World Elder Abuse Awareness Day Conference entitled Lifting Up Voices, Phoenix, Arizona. Hosted by Arizona Department of Economic Security. The screening was followed by a 30 minute discussion. Co-directed by Eilon Caspi & Judy Berry.
Caspi, E. and Berry, J. (2019). Screening of 30-minute documentary film at American Society on Aging 2019 Annual Conference in New Orleans delivered on April 17, 2019. Fighting for Dignity: Fighting for Dignity: A Documentary Film on Injurious and Fatal Resident-to-Resident Incidents in Dementia. The screening was followed by a 30-minute discussion.