{"product_id":"book-dtrp","title":"The Book About Getting Older","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eBrought to you by Penguin.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe most important book you'll ever read about the second half of your life now.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow more than ever, we need to talk about getting older.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMany 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?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDr Lucy's book gives us answers to the questions we can voice - and those that we can't.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHow do we start?\u003cbr\u003eHow do we ask whether it's worth taking seven different medicines?\u003cbr\u003eIs it normal to find you're falling out of love with someone, as they disappear into dementia?\u003cbr\u003eShould Dad be driving, and if not, who can stop him?\u003cbr\u003eWhat are the secrets of the best care homes?\u003cbr\u003eWhen does fierce independence become bad behaviour?\u003cbr\u003eHow do you navigate near-impossible discussions around resuscitation and intensity of treatments?\u003cbr\u003eAnd who decides what happens when we become ill?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSerious, 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© Lucy Pollock 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49367452418352,"sku":"BDdtrp","price":13.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/246946-dtrp-Square.jpg?v=1734591733","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-dtrp","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}