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The Book About Getting Older (for people who don't want to talk about it) by Lucy Pollock (Hardcover, 2021)
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Now more than ever, we need to talk about getting older. 'This warm and compassionate book gets to the heart of older age. Using stories and accessible explanations, it covers issues of declining health, quality of life and choices about the things that matter most' THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY.
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We are all living for longer, but how do we or those we love do it well? 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. A long life should be embraced and celebrated, but it's not all easy. Yet even the most challenging situation can be helped by the right conversation. How do we start? 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.Product Identifiers
PublisherPenguin Books LTD
ISBN-139780241423394
eBay Product ID (ePID)3046582597
Product Key Features
Number of Pages400 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameThe Book about Getting Older (For People Who Don't Want to Talk about It)
Publication Year2021
SubjectBiology
TypeTextbook
AuthorLucy Pollock
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height222 mm
Item Weight501 g
Item Width144 mm
Additional Product Features
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited Kingdom
Title_AuthorLucy Pollock
TopicPopular Medicine, Opinion of the People
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- 20 Jul, 2021
A very practical and readable book on a vital topic
This is a very readable, lively and well-presented book, with vitally important information on how to prepare for older age. It's bang up to date, with the last chapter on the challenges of Covid-19. The author, a consultant geriatrician, gives lots of real-life examples from her own experience, and references to supportive organisations. It's my top recommendation to friends and family at present.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 26 Jan, 2022
Essential buy for everyone
It’s an easy read. Full of information relative to everyone of every age, we should all read it so we all have an awareness of how we all will be throughout our aging lives . A really good and essential buy.Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 02 Sep, 2021
Need more time to read it
I am enjoying the book so far, so will continue to read it to the end. I can identify with much of the content, which makes it interesting. Thank youVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 11 Aug, 2021
Fab book, really helpful
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 23 Jun, 2021
It’s good
Interesting readVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- 07 Sep, 2021
Excellent info about ageing
Relevant to my lifeVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 13 Oct, 2021
Great read
All you want to know and more !!Verified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 01 Dec, 2021
The wife really enjoyed it
EntertainingVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- 29 Sep, 2021
Good knowledge
BrilliantVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
