Growing old never cost so much
When director Sue Thomson’s 89-year-old mum, Margaret, begins to need additional help with day-to-day life, they face a decision that most families will encounter: whether to consider a residential aged-care facility; and, if so, how to find a suitable one amid a sector with a reputation for neglect and mistreatment. Margaret’s story becomes a springboard for an investigation of the political history of aged care in Australia, marred by a 40-year bipartisan privatisation agenda. As we hear from advocates, journalists and senior citizens who have experienced the system, a group of schoolkids discuss the situation we’ve reached with aged care and where we need to go from here – and of what they, and we, can expect in the future.
Sue Thomson
Director, Writer
Adam Farrington-Williams
Writer
Margaret Thomson
Self
Olivia Cornwell
Self
Jane Cornwell
Self
Sarah Holland-Batt
Self
Beverly
Self
Hanh Vu
Self
Linda Ford
Self
Luciana Martini
Self
Mario Martini
Self
A Plastic Ocean75%
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story62%
The Class of ‘9271%
In the Realms of the Unreal71%
Sherman's March67%
Directed by John Ford70%
Tricked: The Documentary61%
My Mom Jayne79%
Anna Nicole Smith: You Don't Know Me60%
Night Will Fall76%
McQueen74%
Fuck64%
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me84%
Being James Bond77%
Seduced and Abandoned61%
Sidney70%
35 Up76%
42 Up75%
I Am Heath Ledger74%
John Candy: I Like Me78%
