2014 Film Information Documentary Retail

Ensemble la vie continue - Une journée en EHPAD

Title translated into English

Life continues together - A day in a retirement home

Film: Duration in minutes

15:30 minutes

Product description

A young woman discovers that her mother's clothing has been shrunk. She approaches a nurse, who continues towards the room of a resident who requires assistance. The priorities aren't always what one expects. In a retiement home, the employees work in consecutive shifts so that at any time, night or day, the residents receive individual care.

Aims and objectives

Discovering everyday life of a retirement home, taking care and organising the medical care of elderly people, the role of different participants in assisting elderly people. Allowing a better understanding of the activities of different parties in order to limit confrontational situations between the families and the facility staff.

Allowing an exchange with a new employee within the framework of training the facility staff. Allowing a dialogue with the family of a person entering a retirement home.

Target audience

Staff of retirement homes (EHPADs: Establishments of Accommodation for Dependent Old Persons)

Contact details Editor

Carsat Alsace-Moselle
rue Adolphe Seyboth14, France-67000 STRASBOURG
33(0)33388143300 www.carsat-alsacemoselle.fr

Contact details Production company

Carsat Alsace-Moselle
rue Adolphe Seyboth14, France-67000 Strasbourg
+33(0)33388143300 www.carsat-alsacemoselle.fr