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.
