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Although the title seems to imply a broad overview of ethical considerations in home care and community nursing, this video is really a case study dealing with one elderly home care client, Gerardo. Filmed as a short documentary, viewers get to see the interaction between Gerardo and his care providers [home care nurse, primary care MD and neuropsychologist] and experience first hand the ethical conflicts placed upon his care providers. Despite Gerardo’s declining physical and mental health, he remains fiercely independent - still driving his car and working a night shift security job. His care providers are placed in the unenviable position of dealing with the conflict of supporting his independence while not endangering Gerardo or anyone else. The issue of conflict becomes serious enough that it is brought before the home care agency’s ethics committee for discussion. As is typical with Fanlight Productions videos, both production and quality of content are high. This video would function well as a supplement to a formal program on ethical decision making in health care.