KITCHEN PARTY...with the Food Fanatics!
This is no ordinary "cooking show".  It's the fun, funny, passionate premier of a series about every aspect of food: its history, buying it, growing your own, and preparing food that's good and good for us.  For food fanatics, eating is so much more than a daily chore.  It's an adventure, an important health responsibility and a joyful living experience!  (2003 - 28:30 minutes)

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HOW TO PROTECT YOUR PERSONAL SAFETY
Learn the steps you can take to help increase your personal safety and avoid becoming the victim of crime - both in and around your home and out in public.  Officers of the Moreno Valley Police Department (California) provide advice and easy to follow guidelines to help us better prepare to protect our property and personal safety.  This "must know" information includes what to do if confronted by an armed criminal. 

(2002 - 14:44 minutes)

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WINNING THE GAME - An Instructional Video for Gamblers
The warning signs of gambling addiction are explored in this video for problem gamblers and their families

(2002 - 8:24 minutes)

HOW TO AVOID HARMFUL MEDICINE INTERACTIONS
It is important for all of us to have a better understanding of how foods, vitamins, herbal supplements and medicines interact.  Learn how to make sure that the medications and supplements you take are safe and effective.   (2001 - 20:14 minutes)

PREVENTING FALLS & OTHER SAFETY TIPS
Falls are a very serious threat to our health, especially as we age….BUT FALLS ARE LARGELY PREVENTABLE!  This video mixes humor with hard-hitting information and helps us create a check list of actions we can take to lessen our chances of becoming the victim of a fall.  Hosted by Jim Snodgrass, Battalion Chief, Training/Operations, City of Hemet Fire Department. 

(2001 - 14:24 minutes)

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HELPING YOUR PARENTS WHEN THEY NEED YOU….
When it becomes necessary for us to, in effect, become the parent in our relationship with our parents, we often find ourselves completely unprepared.  How do we deal with a parent who can no longer safely drive a car?  How can we provide a safe environment for a parent who is increasingly disoriented?  What should we do if we discover their financial affairs are not in order?  How will the new role of caring for a parent affect our personal relationships and lifestyle?  Hear actual comments of members of a support group and observations about these real life lessons from physician and educator Dr. Frank Randolph.  (2001 - 29:25 minutes)

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TAI CHI FOR HEALTH AND VITALITY
In this video, featuring Noel Pittman who is an instructor at the Tai Chi Center in Palm Springs, you will learn the history, art ,  and many of the principles and movements of the ancient, slow-moving, graceful exercise of Tai Chi.  The practice of Tai Chi has health benefits for all, including people with disabilities or issues of frailty. 

(1999 – 30:09)

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EXERCISING with limited mobility, Part 1—THE UPPER BODY….
View and workout to exercises designed to help you develop muscular strength, shape and tone, improve your posture, balance and coordination, strengthen bones and joints, slow down muscle loss and improve your total well-being.  Led by Christina Clever, former personal trainer - now the Health Access Coordinator for Blindness Support Services.   (2001 - 30:46 minutes)

EXERCISING with limited mobility, Part 2—THE LOWER BODY….
Companion video to Part 1 above—almost like having your very own personal trainer!  

(2001 - 34:43 minutes)

PREPARING TO PROVIDE ALZHEIMER’S CARE AT HOME
The sequel to last year’s very well received video, “In Need of Love: Understanding the Alzheimer’s Victim”, Preparing...to Care covers two extremely important topics: (1) preparing emotionally and psychologically to provide care with Dr. Pamela J. Henderson and (2) Alzheimer’s Educator Michael S. Goryan shows how to make alterations to the home to make it a safe and comfortable environment for your patient.  This video is a must see for anyone who is preparing to provide care for an Alzheimer’s patient.

(2000 – 27:30)

IN NEED OF LOVE: UNDERSTANDING THE ALZHEIMER’S VICTIM
This video, made in cooperation with the Alzheimer's Association - Riverside/San Bernardino Chapter, features the real experiences and observations of a panel of family caregivers juxtaposed with comments of a leading Southern California expert on Alzheimer's - Dr. Gerald McGuire.  You will learn the early warning signs, common symptoms, how to better assist victims and some of the things that can be done to slow the progression of the disease. 

(1999 – 29:43)

ONE PARTY TOO MANY: WHEN DOES ALCOHOL BECOME A PROBLEM?
There are many levels of alcohol use, from occasional and social to dangerous misuse….This important video, made in cooperation with the Generations of Addiction Committee of the Riverside County Office on Aging, asks Addiction Therapist Dr. Patrick MacAfee questions ranging from how to know if alcohol has become a problem in your or a loved one’s life to how to recover...and it gets the answers you will want to hear!

(2000 – 29:43)

FEEL BETTER RIGHT NOW!
Dr. Arthur R. Davis, Jr., a physician who practices in Indio, discusses, in straight-forward and easy to understand terms, how our bodies work and he gives practical tips on simple things we can do to help our bodies work better!  I remember one of the pre-viewers of this video commenting "That guy knows what he is talking about!" and another commented that she "...felt better just watching the video!" 

(1999 – 29:55)

SOME PRACTICAL TIPS FOR GOOD MENTAL HEALTH
Dr. Robert B. Gordon, M.D., a psychiatrist and the Medical Director of Charter Behavioral Health System of Southern California/Corona, is joined by two clinical psychologists, Dr. Pamela Foley and Dr. David E. Libert, in down-to-earth discussions of things we can all do to achieve better mental health for ourselves.  (1999 – 29:30)