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Independent Lens Season 7, Episode 15: Almost Home
Almost Home rescues from an exile of denial the real stories of aging that lie in the vast middle between the uber-heroic octogenarian marathoner and the feeble geriatric that most Americans fear becoming. A feature length, cinema-verité film shot on location in a continuing care community that boasts a nursing home transforming its medical (think hospital) model of care into a holistic one (think home), Almost Home is a stunningly intimate film that combines the institution’s struggle to shake the nursing home stigma with tender, sometimes difficult, stories of people who live, work and visit there. Watch Independent Lens Season 7, Episode 15 Almost Home in HD free online. Enjoy high-quality streaming of Independent Lens Season 7, Episode 15 and share your thoughts in the comments below!
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