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Issue Details: First known date: 2020... 2020 Dying Wish : Dementia and End-of-Life Choices
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'Hi Mum,' I say. I lean over, kiss her forehead and pull up a chair. She's in a dark-blue nightie and is lying on her side, legs drawn up beneath her like a dying bird, arms held out in front of her, bent at the elbows across her scrawny chest. ' (Introduction)
 

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    y separately published work icon Griffith Review Getting On no. 68 April 2020 19074872 2020 periodical issue 'In a world where seventy is the new fifty, old age isn’t what it used to be. As the proportion of older Australians continues to rise, the lived experience of everyone, be they in care or looking after an aged relative, will be intertwined intimately with the phenomenon of longer lives. But longevity brings with it urgent issues: postponement of retirement, the question of financing extended life, how to forge a society that can accommodate the needs of a majority older population with the dynamism of the young.' (Publication summary) 2020 pg. 62-77
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