We Care For You

4.5 stars. I was hoping this would be sinister and it was! And it also raises many questions. Firstly there is the commentary on how we care (or rather don’t care) for our elderly in the West. They are often forgotten, neglected and placed in nursing homes. My own mum is well into old age and it made......more

GNA John and his siblings had to place their mother Margaret into an inpatient care facility, Evergreen Care Home, Dorking, Surrey, two and a half years back in 2020 when she was no longer able to care for herself. John is the only child who lives locally, and he visits Margaret as often as he can m......more

You know when Winifred the Convincingly Synthetic Human is placed in a nursing home to care for the elderly and the synopsis says but what does SHE REALLY WANT FROM HER ELDERLY PATIENTS? this is gonna be a yikesey "robots take over and farm humanity" story. At least, that's what I thought, before I......more

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This is ambitious book is not only a gripping story about what happens to an old lady in a care home, but it is also a discussion about what it means to be human. Kitcatt isn’t afraid to hold up the pace of his unsettling story to provide detailed conversations between Margaret and Winifred, which h......more