The Book About Getting Older: The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise

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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.

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Lucy Pollock has long been grateful for the guidance offered by an early boss, who hoped she would not be offended if he suggested she should specialise in geriatric medicine. Having trained at Cambridge and Bart's Hospital, Lucy is now a Consultant Geriatrician in Somerset. She has been working with older people for 30 years, and has learned useful things about life from a great many older people.

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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, but this is the next best thing * Sandi Toksvig *A lovely, thoughtful, caring and informative book which will help very many people -- Ed BallsDr Lucy Pollock offers useful tips about thorny subjects such as choosing medications and identifying dementia * Independent, 'Books of the Month' *Interesting and engaging . . . Eminently readable prose. The tone throughout is warm and friendly, even as serious and dark subjects are under discussion. It is an important book * Irish Times *Wise, compassionate, well researched and very broad in its coverage. I've learnt a lot that will help me both as a doctor and a patient. Thank you -- Dr Phil HammondDr Pollock writes with spirit and empathy, making this an engaging and thought-provoking read. Anyone struggling with old age will feel less alone for having Dr Pollock on their team * Sunday Express *Terrific . . . I suggest we all get a copy of Dr Lucy's book * Evening Standard *Serious, funny, kind and knowledgeable, this book helps guide us through essential conversations about issues of getting older * Eastern Daily Press *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 BGS is delighted to endorse this universally relevant and approachable exploration of what it means to get older * The British Geriatrics Society *Kind, touching and, at times, achingly funny. An enlightening - and important - read whatever your age. Dr Lucy Pollock is just the kind of healthcare professional you want by your side * Waitrose Weekend *A brilliant book . . . We all know the statistics. We are an ageing population and we are going to be having these chats over and over again. [The Book About Getting Older] is a very good starting point -- Ray D'Arcy * RTE Radio 1 *Serious, at times funny, but also kind and knowledgable * Hertfordshire Life *Include in 'Health solutions for your mind and body' * Woman's Weekly *

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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, but this is the next best thing

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We are all living for longer, but how do we or those we love do it well?

Details ISBN1405944439 Author Lucy Pollock Publisher Penguin Books Ltd Year 2022 ISBN-10 1405944439 ISBN-13 9781405944434 Format Paperback Imprint Penguin Books Ltd Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Publication Date 2022-05-26 UK Release Date 2022-05-26 Pages 400 Narrator Geoffrey Beevers Illustrator Gladys Jose Birth 1927 Death 1855 Affiliation Clark University Position journalist Qualifications PhD Subtitle The essential comforting guide to ageing with wise advice for the highs and lows DEWEY 305.26 Audience General NZ Release Date 2022-09-19 AU Release Date 2022-09-19 Alternative 9781405944441 We've got this

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