Shows how a voluntary group of people set out to fill, in part, the needs of the aged people in the community. Discusses problems of selecting a suitable location to build a home, raising funds, and designing a home to meet varying needs of the people. Raises psychological problems of rehousing the aged; interviews indicate the anxiety they feel in leaving their own home, and their doubts of surviving on their own.
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In ACMI's collection
Credits
Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
011898
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Australia - Social conditions
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Aged - Services for - Australia
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Housing - Social aspects
Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Volunteer workers
Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Aging
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Home care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Integrated care
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aged - Psychology
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Aging
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Community health
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)
16mm film; Limited Access Print (Section 2)
16mm film; Preservation Print (Section 5)