Book About Getting Older
The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise advice for the highs and lows
By Lucy Pollock | Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
About the book
The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes
'The most important book about the second half of your life you'll ever read. I wish everyone in the UK could be under Dr Lucy's care' SANDI TOKSVIG
'This warm and compassionate book gets to the heart of older age' THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
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Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older.
Many of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy and healthy as possible?
Dr Lucy's book gives us answers to the questions we can voice - and those that we can't. This essential guide will guide you through those important conversations around growing older, answering every question you might have, including:
· How do we start the conversation?
· How do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?
· Is it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone, as they disappear into dementia?
· Should Dad be driving, and if not, who can stop him?
· What are the secrets of the best care homes?
· When does fierce independence become bad behaviour?
· How do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?
· And who decides what happens when we become ill?
Serious, funny, kind and knowledgeable, this readable book helps guide us through essential conversations about getting older that go straight to the heart of what matters most.
Editions of Book About Getting Older
- Paperback
- ISBN 9781405944434
- EBook
- ISBN 9781405944441
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The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes
'The most important book about the second half of your life you'll ever read. I wish everyone in the UK could be under Dr Lucy's care' SANDI TOKSVIG
'This warm and compassionate book gets to the heart of older age' THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
________
Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older.
Many of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy and healthy as possible?
Dr Lucy's book gives us answers to the questions we can voice - and those that we can't. This essential guide will guide you through those important conversations around growing older, answering every question you might have, including:
· How do we start the conversation?
· How do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?
· Is it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone, as they disappear into dementia?
· Should Dad be driving, and if not, who can stop him?
· What are the secrets of the best care homes?
· When does fierce independence become bad behaviour?
· How do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?
· And who decides what happens when we become ill?
Serious, funny, kind and knowledgeable, this readable book helps guide us through essential conversations about getting older that go straight to the heart of what matters most.
Frequently Asked Questions
What is Book About Getting Older about?
The honest, compassionate and vital guide to getting older, from dementia to finances, medication to care homes
'The most important book about the second half of your life you'll ever read. I wish everyone in the UK could be under Dr Lucy's care' SANDI TOKSVIG
'This warm and compassionate book gets to the heart of older age' THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY
________
Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older.
Many of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, long lives that are as happy and healthy as possible?
Dr Lucy's book gives us answers to the questions we can voice - and those that we can't. This essential guide will guide you through those important conversations around growing older, answering every question you might have, including:
· How do we start the conversation?
· How do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?
· Is it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone, as they disappear into dementia?
· Should Dad be driving, and if not, who can stop him?
· What are the secrets of the best care homes?
· When does fierce independence become bad behaviour?
· How do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?
· And who decides what happens when we become ill?
Serious, funny, kind and knowledgeable, this readable book helps guide us through essential conversations about getting older that go straight to the heart of what matters most.
What core themes, tropes, or subjects are explored in Book About Getting Older?
Health, Relationships and Personal development > Family and health > Popular medicine and health
Where can I read a sample of Book About Getting Older?
You can read an official preview of the few pages here https://www.book2look.com/book/9781405944434
Who is/are the Author/s of the book Book About Getting Older?
Lucy Pollock
What are the ISBN numbers for the physical and digital editions?
Book About Getting Older is available as paperback(ISBN 9781405944434) and ebook(ISBN 9781405944441)
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