Community members living in rooming houses in Ottawa's inner-city face poverty, addiction and mental illness that often leads to their premature death alone in their room or on the street.
The unique care provided by nurses and people with lived experience in this film challenges conventional approaches to palliative care, typically provided to people with a terminal illness and dying in hospitals and hospices.
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Watch: Falling Through the Cracks (short film)
This short documentary was originally presented at the 2018 Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference in April 2018. It tells the story of people living in rooming houses who need palliative care, but are often invisible to providers: they fall in the gap between stable housing and homeless shelters where palliative care can be accessed. The film highlights challenges and opportunities to improve access to palliative care from the point of view of people with lived experience and health care providers.
Upcoming Screenings
Blue Roses
Event Hosted by One World Arts - Ottawa, ON - Spring 2019 (check back soon for details)
Falling Through the Cracks
Past Screenings
Blue Roses
One World Arts Film Festival - Ottawa, ON - September 2018
Falling Through the Cracks
Southminster United Church, Ottawa, ON - December 2018
World Hospice & Palliative Care Day - Toronto, ON - November 2018
Homelessness Film Festival - Hamilton, ON - November 2018
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference - Richmond Hill, ON - April 2018
World Hospice & Palliative Care Day - Toronto, ON - November 2018
Homelessness Film Festival - Hamilton, ON - November 2018
Hospice Palliative Care Ontario Conference - Richmond Hill, ON - April 2018