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The Book About Getting Older

The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise advice for the highs and lows

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The Book About Getting Older

By: Lucy Pollock
Narrated by: Lucy Pollock
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The most important audiobook you'll ever listen to about the second half of your life.

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 audiobook helps guide us through essential conversations about getting older that go straight to the heart of what matters most.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2021 Lucy Pollock (P)2021 Penguin Audio
Aging & Longevity Aging Parent Personal Development Relationships Dementia Funny Alzheimer's Disease

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Just So Very Helpful For Me: Getting Older!


Thank you Dr Pollock! What a great book & your narration of your own written words was a realistic, caring, honest & helpful one for me. I am in Australia & whilst I know your main references were for UK readers I will be able to better navigate this part of my life as a 71 yo married to a 72 yo... and my dad is still going well at 97. I especially loved the epilogue & also now I bought the book too!

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Warm and Hopeful

Enjoyed this more than I thought i would. It emphasizes that the nuances of being old and reminds me to listen better. Also makes me a little less afraid and more prepared for when I am old.

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