Protecting Our Parents
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- Episode
- Nowhere to Go
- Broadcast Info
- 2014 (59 mins)
- Description
- There are more pensioners than children living in Britain. As our population gets older, its health and care needs are becoming more complex, increasing pressure on a health and social care system at times already struggling to cope. With unprecedented access to the NHS and Social Services older adults care teams in Birmingham, Protecting Our Parents follows medics and social workers as they attempt to meet the increasing demand on their services. Filmed over the course of a year against a backdrop of stretched budgets and damning reports, Protecting Our Parents looks at cases from the perspective of the professionals, families and older adults themselves to explore one of the most important challenges facing our society: how should we care for our ageing population? Nowhere To Go reveals the pressure the system is already under in providing appropriate care settings for older adults in the community. As our population ages, so more of us can no longer be cared for at home. But with places in care homes already in short supply, so the options for doctors, social workers and families are limited, increasing the strain on hospital wards, older adults and carers alike, with sometimes shocking results.
- Genre
- Health & Social Care
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The Open University, "Protecting Our Parents". https://learningonscreen.ac.uk/ou/search/index.php/prog/85223 (Accessed 10 Jan 2025)