Chris Durrance on America’s Care Crisis and How It Affects Caregivers
Chris Durrance is a documentary filmmaker, who is director of the recently premiered PBS series Caregiving. He has also directed two major PBS series on science and medicine: Cancer - The Emperor of All Maladies and The Gene. He is the winner of a Peabody Award, two Emmys, a DuPont-Columbia Silver Baton and an Overseas Press Club Award.
Caregiving gives an intimate and unvarnished view into what family members go through daily when they take on the role of being a family caregiver and health custodian for a loved one.
This provided a backdrop for a robust conversation addressing the emotional, physical and financial toll family caregivers can experience as they do all they can to provide the best care for their loved ones.
We also had a unique opportunity to delve into the range of caregiver types including adult children, spouses and adolescent caregivers; and their specific needs as they navigate their caregiving journeys!
Caregiving clearly shows that the millions of heroic folks, we call caregivers, who deliver personal and unselfish care are themselves in great need of care and meaningful support to avoid their own health crisis.
Caregiving can be seen on local PBS stations and can currently be streamed on PBS.org. In addition to the documentary Caregiving, Chris also directed 18 short films addressing a range of important caregiving topics and issues. These can be seen here.
“I came out of this film thinking in every street I walk down in America, nearly every door would have a caregiving story.
Caregiving is the American Story”
