- Title: Decisions,Decisions
- Date: 19th January 1993
- Summary: JEAN'S 78 YEAR OLD MOTHER HAS BECOME INCAPABLE OF LOOKING AFTER HERSELF - SHE HAS ALZHEIMERS. EVERYONE TOLD HER SHE SHOULD PUT HER MOTHER IN A HOME BUT JEAN FELT THAT DOING THAT WOULD BE A BETRAYAL. SHARON'S MOTHER IS IMMOBILE AND DEPENDS ON HER FAMILY FOR EVERYTHING. SHARON'S WHOLE LIFE, AND THOSE OF HER FAMILY, ARE GIVEN OVER TO HER MOTHER. THE STRAIN GREW SO GREAT THAT SHARON EVEN CONSIDERED SUICIDE. ANNE KELLEHER EXPLORES WITH JEAN AND SHARON THE HEART-RENDING GUILT THEY FEEL ABOUT THE AGONISING DECISIONS THEY HAVE TO TAKE AND THE IDEAS OF RIGHT AND WRONG THAT MAKE THEM DECIDE AS THEY DO.
- Description:Six half hour programmes discussing moral emergencies presented by Ann Kelleher
- Broadcaster:Channel 4
- Collection: Channel 4
- Genre:Documentary and Factual
- Producer:PRODUCTION CENTRE PRODUCTIONS
- Programme Episode:Episode 3
- Transmission Date:19/01/1993
- Rights:On Request
- Decade: 1990s