The Final, Proud Days of Elsie Wurster

Duration: 57

Year Published: 1975

Creator: Penn State University Television

Format: 16mm

Color: B&W

Description: Focuses on the last 44 days of Elsie Wurster's life, spent in a nursing home, as she interacts with visitors and nursing home staff and shares her feelings, fears, and memories. Follows Elsie and other elderly patients through their daily routines of therapy, meals, and visitations. Studies, without narration, how the staff works with Elsie, caring for her, checking her medical records, feeding her, and visiting with her.

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