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Getting older, let's talk about it! supports and encourages the baby-boomer generation and our wider community, to consider and prepare for the future as we age. We are living longer and as we age there will be changes to our physical, mental, and emotional health. Over time this will lead to a natural decline in our functional and performance capacity. Hence the need for conversations, practical tools and forward planning to ensure we age well. The opportunities and the challenges of ageing well at home, a goal most older adults aspire to, are highlighted.This practical book invites you to take responsibility for ageing well by placing you in the driver's seat. It inspires you, either alone or with others, to re-examine and rediscover what is important to you, as you plan and determine the next stage of your life.

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Lia Parsons, a social activist in her mid-sixties, is dedicated to tackling ageism and promoting positive ageing.With a background in nursing and occupational therapy, she has professional knowledge and expertise combined with lived experience. Her focus is on 'engaging with' instead of 'doing for' people, to encourage and motivate each individual to take responsibility for their own future ageing years and their own living and dying. As she believes everyone intrinsically knows their own wishes and needs.Lia's book 'Getting Older - Let's Talk About It' has been test-driven in the numerous face-to-face conversations she has had with hundreds of individuals; her clients, program participants and friends throughout her professional and personal life.

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