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 premiere of Caring For Your Parents on PBS in April.

Find out how to submit your videos.

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Deadline for Caring for Your Parents videos extended

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.

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Call for video stories about caring for elderly parents

For the first time in American history, “the old old” — those over 85 — are now the fastest growing segment of the U.S. population. While medical advances have enabled an unprecedented number of Americans to live longer, healthier lives, for millions of elderly, living longer can also mean a debilitating physical decline that often requires an immense amount of care.

And just as more care is needed, fewer caregivers are available to provide it. FRONTLINE producers Miri Navasky and Karen O’Connor investigate this national crisis and explore the new realities of aging in America in Living Old, airing Tuesday, November 21, 2006, at 9 P.M. ET on PBS (check local listings).

The preview on the site is powerful, be sure to check it out. The entire documentary will be available for free on PBS.org within hours after the broadcast.

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“Living Old” – Friday, November 21, 2006 on PBS