{"product_id":"9780007283897_not-dead-yet-a-manifesto-for-old-age","title":"Not Dead Yet: A Manifesto for Old Age","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhy we need to be better at ageing…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJulia Neuberger addresses the question of what life will actually be like for us as we get old, and suggests answers for making our later years as good as when we were young.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBritain is getting old – and fast. Due to the combination of a decline in birth rates and an increase in life expectancy we are rapidly heading towards a crisis – in health, housing, finance and long-term care.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDespite this seismic shift in our demographic makeup, the way we view and treat the old has barely adjusted. It is shocking, for example, that despite less than 1 in 20 British people wanting to reside in a care home in their old age, 1 in 5 die in one.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt is time that we examined how we look after ourselves as we age – and address the issues that when young we take for granted as a right, not a privilege.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is housing not being built so that the less mobile amongst us can continue to look after ourselves for longer?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy when we have so much experience and no less intelligence are we not able to find work which benefits everyone?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhat are we supposed to do for fun? There must be more to life than bingo and bowls!\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eWhy is our approach to care so poor? If we neglect carers, will they not neglect us?\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe opportunity to make life better as we age is being missed, but not necessarily because the solutions are so difficult… Are we even asking ourselves the obvious questions?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow I want to grow old is a call to arms – a manifesto on age that aims to change the way we think and to galvanise ourselves into action.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Julia Neuberger","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47284779253909,"sku":"9780007283897","price":9.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780007283897.png?v=1776992289","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780007283897_not-dead-yet-a-manifesto-for-old-age","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}