DO I HAVE TO LOOK AFTER MY PARENTS?

What does it mean to care for elderly parents at home? Are we obliged to do this? When should I get support and how? Georg Wieghaus asks these questions in his touching documentary next Wednesday. For many months, he accompanied Ulrike (63) and Christel (62) as they cared for their elderly parents. A task that they have taken on as a matter of course – and which pushes them to their physical and mental limits. Eight out of ten people in need of care in Germany are looked after by relatives. Most of them are women. Without them, our state care system would collapse.

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Written and directed by: Georg Wieghaus // Produced by: Tanja Winkler, Renate Werner (WDR) // Camera: Sven Kiesche, Dieter Stürmer // Sound: Maximilian Bartusch, Aljoscha Haupt, Ole Schmidt // Editing: Huynh Trang Lam // Music: Jens Hafemann // Sound mixing: Florian Ebrecht // Voiceover: Simon Roden // Production assistance: Annemarie Zertisch // Production management: Katja Sträter, Christian Wulf (WDR) // Executive producers: Sarah Zierul, Thomas Weidenbach // Editor: Angelika Wagner (WDR) // Produced by Längengrad Filmproduktion on behalf of WDR