Contents

Foreword by Sophie Cunningham

Introduction

TOO HARD, THESE DAYS

aged care in the Tiwi Islands

THE RIGHT TO BE OLD

ageing as living rather than failing

INVISIBLE WOMEN

the ageing female body

HOME AT LAST

housing difficulties in later life

BIG SISTERS

why old age should be a feminist cause

NOTES ON WRITING AND DOING GOOD

from novels to social work

READING INTO DEMENTIA

empathy through fiction

AS LONG AS LIFE ENDURES

the loneliness of nursing homes

Epilogue

Further Reading

Notes

Acknowledgements