The Trouble with Old People is a short season of four films, each with its
own distinctive take on different aspects of life in later years: the agonising
and intensely personal decision that has to be made when elderly relatives are
no longer able to live independently; grown-up offspring who are torn between
doing their duty and finding their elderly parents a burden; and the elderly
on their own, longing to feel part of a family again and willing to be adopted
to bridge the generation gap and create life-changing relationships
| Me and My Mum Channel 4 27 March 9pm |
Adopt-a-Grandad Channel 4 28 March 9pm |
| Adopt-a-Granny Channel 4 29 March 9pm |
Stairlift to Heaven Channel 4 30 March 9pm |
Ask an Expert
During The Trouble with Old People season, we invited you to write in with your queries about ageing and care for the elderly. You can now read a selection of these questions together with the replies from experts at Age Concern, Alzheimer's Society, for dementia and the UK Homecare Association. Follow the links below:
- Philippa asks how you can sort out your own care needs when you have no surviving family.
- Jonathan wants to know if his frail mother can be forced out of hospital and into a care home.
- Mel asks if anyone can help with funding for her mother's continence aids.
- Sam wrote in to ask if there is any way that temporary home care could be arranged for her mother.
- Janice is worried about her father who is struggling to cope with being his wife's primary carer.
- Simon has a question about the criteria for NHS care for dementia.
- Katharine wants to know if there any way she can keep her elderly mother in her own home once her savings have run out.
- Claire and her siblings are concerned about her mother showing signs of memory loss and confusion.
- Selena has written in for advice about dealing with confrontations with her mother.
- Carole-Anne asks how she can help elderly people in her community.