25 minutes

NEWLY RELEASED MARCH 2011

This DVD provides an excellent overview and introduction to the Validation Method. Using demonstrations by Naomi Feil and Vicki De Klerk working with people diagnosed Alzheimer's-type dementia, both principles and techniques are illustrated. This is a great DVD for those new to Validation as well as students of Validation. A great inservice teaching tool.

Pricing Plan

Agency/Professional $75.00 Family Member/Paraprofessional $50.00

8 minutes

This DVD documents a final life struggle called resolution, which involves very old people diagnosed Alzheimer's-type dementia.

In PHASE 1. Mal-orientation - the person is mostly oriented to time, place and person.

In PHASE 2. Time Confusion - the person is not oriented to time and place

In PHASE 3. Repetitive Motion - the person uses movements instead of speech to express human needs.

In PHASE 4. Vegetation - the person has minimal movement, blank expression, no speech.

In the final stage of resolution, buried emotions surface. The very old struggle to express themselves and need someone to listen with empathy: to "Validate" them.

25 minutes

This moving instructional video is suitable for professional and non- professional caregivers of Alzheimer's-type very old people.
It teaches caregivers how to empathise with the "mal-oriented": very old people who blame and who cannot express feelings directly. The Validation^® helping methods shown in this DVD can ease the frustration of caregivers, reduce the need for restraints, and may maintain the mal-oriented in their own homes.

Part One:
86 year old Myrna deteriorates physically and mentally, blaming her family and friends for her losses. She thus drives away her friends and frightens her family. Terrified of losing her identity, she accuses her caregiver of stealing her things. Myrna falls.

Part Two:
Myrna refuses help. Sally Ames, a Validation^® worker slowly builds trust, makes mistakes and learns thereby. Myrna comes to trust the worker, and expresses some buried emotions. Her hostility lessens, and she develops a measure of peace.

Video-graphics are used to pin-point Validation^®principles and techniques.

29 Minutes

A sensitive, powerful documentary captures the pain of life in a nursing home while offering hope through Validation^®, an innovative helping method that returns dignity.
Excellent for all levels of hospital and nursing home staff, the DVD is an on-camera demonstration of Validation^®. A skilful worker enter the inner world of very disoriented very old people, learns the meaning behind their bizarre behaviors and builds trust. The people develop speech, controls, and increased well- being and self-respect.
Produced through a grant from the Ohio Program in the Humanities.
Winner of: Silver Medallion, 1978 Miami International Film Festival.
U.S.I.A. Educational Certificate: 38,558

29 Minutes

An excellent DVD that documents the helplessness and frustration of two very old women who face deteriorating health and increasing dependency. A 100 year old mother and her 80 year old daughter are forced to leave their home for a nursing home. The newsreel DVD covers two years in their families' lives, while old conflicts erupt. The viewer witnesses the 100-year-old mother survive the move while the 80-year-old daughter does not adapt. A skilled worker explores the deepest needs of the two very old women. This DVD invites discussion and self-awareness.
Produced through a grant from the Ohio Program in the Humanities.
Winner of: Bronze Award, 1981 Houston International Film Festival
U.S.I.A. Educational Certificate: 38,557

44 Minutes

This "How-To" teaching video documentary is a sequel to the award- winning documentary Looking for Yesterday. It is intended for families of disoriented very old people, all levels of hospital community and nursing home staff, and students of aging.

• Part One: 20 Minutes: Basic Validation Techniques
• How to recognize the three stages of disorientation
• How to help actual disoriented individuals in each stage
• How to build trust.
• When to touch and when not to touch.

• Part Two: 24 Minutes: Using a Validation Group
• How to select individuals who will benefit
• How to recognize individuals who will not benefit
• How to begin the group; topics; stimulate talk
• How to develop roles for each member
• How to use music, movement, to close the meeting

Validation^® techniques gained from watching this DVD will significantly reduce staff burn-out, improve the morale of relatives, and restore dignity to disoriented very old people.

57 Minutes, Sound, Color

This dramatic television special presents a workshop conducted by Naomi Feil, nationally recognized expert in helping disoriented very old people. Working with a studio audience, Feil plays all of life's stages from birth to old age. She makes aging profound and exciting. The audience learns how to grow old gracefully, stay mentally aware, and how to help confused relatives and friends. The DVD reveals the wisdom, poetry, and meaning that comes with very old age.
Winner of: Corporation for Public Broadcasting, Best Local Programming: Information Category; John Muir Medical Film Festival, Top Aging Award; American Film Festival, Blue Ribbon (Top Award) Mental Health/Guidance; Emmy Award, National Academy of Television Arts and Science, Cleveland Chapter. U.S.I.A. Educational Certificate: 38,559

19 Minutes

Marge and Muriel are combined in a 19 minute superb teaching tool. This practical documentary offers caregivers methods for communicating with disoriented very old people (probable Alzheimer's or related disorders). The video addresses how to deal with elderly people who begin making unfair or seemingly irrational accusations against those who care for them. By way of example, the video shows caregivers what to do when an 85 year old woman wanders from home, doesn't recognize her family, and becomes abusive.
In clear "before" and "after" scenes, Muriel and Marge offer families and staff helping techniques that will reduce burnout for caregivers and stress for the very old person.

8 Minutes

A DVD that demonstrates successful aging. A group of 80 to 100 year old tenants in an independent housing facility tie up loose ends in the seminar group. They face what is-- the losses that come with aging. They review what was-- the pain and joy of living. They accept what can never be-- their unfulfilled dreams. They cry and sing, learning to roll with the punches of living and aging.

24 Minutes

A dramatic story of the emotions experienced when people cannot express themselves verbally. Excellent for training Hospital and institutional staff to tune in to non-verbal behavior.
Winner of: The CINE Gold Eagle; The Atlanta International Film Festival Bronze Medal; The Columbus Film Festival Chris Award.
U.S.I.A. Educational Certificate: 19,376

2003, ISBN 1-878169-00-9

2003 Edition
This book tells how to help disoriented old-old people. It teaches those who care for and about disoriented old-old how to: recognize the signs of disorientation, the physical, emotional and social factors leading to confusion, and how to help confused old- old in each stage.
The book helps caretakers feel comfortable with disoriented old-old. "There is logic behind the bizarre behavior," writes Naomi Feil, who originated Validation^® Therapy in 1963. She helps nursing homes throughout the world implement this therapy to prevent further disorientation and restore dignity.

Individual copies: $15.00 + $8.50 S&H.

For orders of 5 or more, there is a discount price of $9.00 plus shipping