The book about getting older : (for people who don't want to talk about it) /

We are all apprentice old people. More and more of us are living to a very great age. But how do we give those we love, and eventually ourselves, a chance to be older as happily and healthily as we possibly can? Dr Lucy's book looks at answers, to questions big and small, and helps us understan...

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Autore principale: Pollock, Lucy (Autore)
Natura: Libro
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: [London] : Michael Joseph, 2021.
©2021
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Sommario:
  • How to be old
  • The big questions
  • Squaring the curve
  • how to be amazing
  • 'Good news!'
  • Four things about falls
  • Not doomed
  • Goldilocks medicine
  • Choosing wisely
  • 'We didn't like to say it'
  • Responding to dementia
  • Driving
  • Decisions
  • Advance care plans
  • A delicate question
  • 'I know you've got to do it'
  • Capacity
  • Attorney
  • Not lost
  • Lap of honour
  • Epilogue.