Book about Getting Older

<p><b>The honest compassionate and vital guide to getting older from dementia to finances medication to care homes</b> <p/><b>'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' </b>SANDI TOKSVIG <p/><b>'This warm and compassionate book gets to the heart of older age' </b>THE BRITISH GERIATRICS SOCIETY<br>________ <p/><b>Now more than ever we need to talk about getting older.</b> <p/>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? <p/>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: <p/><b>- </b>How do we start the conversation?<br><b>- </b>How do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?<br><b>- </b>Is it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone as they disappear into dementia?<br><b>- </b>Should Dad be driving and if not who can stop him?<br><b>- </b>What are the secrets of the best care homes?<br><b>- </b>When does fierce independence become bad behaviour?<br><b>- </b>How do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?<br><b>- </b>And who decides what happens when we become ill? <p/><b>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.</b></p>