Actor Ellen Pompeo revealed in an

will be shared in a documentary on PBS. "Caregiving," which premieres June 24 at 9 p.m. EST, was created with executive producer and Academy Award-nominated actor Bradley Cooper and features caregivers from across the country alongside advocates and experts in the field.Cooper said his own experience caring for his father, who had lung cancer, inspired the documentary. Caregivers, he said, "are heroic people."

“Their ability to focus and give all of themselves is something that I stand in awe of,” Cooper says in the film.Jocelyn Frye, president of the, is featured in the documentary. Caregiving issues, she said, "are not niche concerns."

"The vast majority of families navigate these problems every day and it is important for people to see that they are part of a large community of people struggling to figure things out," Frye said.She said she hopes the documentary leaves people "optimistic about the change that is possible, and determined to push for policies that we know can and do work."

Zulma Torres, also featured in the film, is a paid home health aide and a family caregiver for her granddaughter. She said she sees so many people who need care who can't afford it and can't access the resources to get the help they need.

Torres has grown to love her job as a caregiver, but said it's hard work that doesn't get the attention or support it deserves. Home care workers are the ones keeping patients at peace, washing them, feeding them and keeping them company when they feel alone.in the body. But unlike commonly used food dyes — one of which was

— methylene blue is not derived from petroleum, also known as crude oil. Instead, it comes from a different family of dyes, which isn’t thought to have these health concerns.Methylene blue was first synthesized in 1876

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