Liz Taylor of the Seattle Times, gives her opinion about the PBS Special Caring for Your Parents.
She feels that PBS missed a great opportunity:
There were so many missed opportunities to educate the audience, to show us better ways of doing this, to get us to think about these things ahead of time so we don’t have to be as miserable as the people portrayed.
Though I didn’t get to catch the special (see: other end of sandwich), she hit the nail on the head for me about some of the other portrayals and information about aging parents:
Tragically, this mistreatment of …read more

The New York Times reviewed the PBS Special Caring for Your Parents.
I’m not sure if the special will be airing again, but you can buy the video here.

Don’t forget the PBS Special: Caring for Your Parents airs tonight, April 2, 2008.
Unfortunately, the younger end of my sandwich dictates that I won’t be home, so someone tell me how it was. I hope it will air more than once, I need to check that out.

Remember the call for videos for the upcoming PBS Special: Caring for Your Parents?
Some of the videos are up, be sure to check them out.
I have to admit, though, I didn’t expect a couple of them to be as hard as they were for me to watch. Wasn’t ready for that.

The deadline for video submissions for the PBS Special: Caring For Your Parents has been extended to February 29th, 2008.
Caring For Your Parents, by award-winning filmmaker and FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk. The program profiles five American families caring for aging parents and the struggles they confront.
To complement the program, The WGBH Lab invites you to submit your own completed 3-minute video story. Selected shorts offer a personal perspective, a provocative question, a surprising visual style, a fresh genre or a unique point of view. Selected works may be licensed for use via broadcast or broadband in conjunction with the April …read more

In April, PBS will broadcast a special program, Caring For Your Parents, by award-winning filmmaker and FRONTLINE producer Michael Kirk.
The program profiles five American families caring for aging parents and the struggles they confront. WGBH Labs is seeking other 3 minute video stories to complement the program.
Find out more about how to submit your video.