I'll Die After Bingo: My unlikely life as a care home assistant

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I expected more tales of life in a care home, which I would have enjoyed, having volunteered in one myself.

These characters provide much of the entertainment and humour of the book – as with the title quote, in which an elderly lady decides to postpone her death until after bingo has finished – but crucially, Lonergan portrays his subjects without caricature or cliché. He thinks it’s absurd that he’s paid and valued more to stand on stage and tell jokes than he was keeping people alive.Read more about the condition New: A new, unread, unused book in perfect condition with no missing or damaged pages.

Read more about the condition New: An item that is still in its original shrink wrap from the manufacturer and the original manufacturer’s seal (if applicable) has not been removed. For marketing purposes, Pope Lonergan’s book has, not unreasonably, been bracketed with Adam Kay’s publishing phenomenon, This Is Going To Hurt. The book is fine, it doesn’t give any real insight into the profession other than it’s underpaid and hard.She actually settled into the life reasonably well mainly keeping away from the other residents and having her meals in her room. Many of his anecdotes and experiences resonate deeply with anyone who's had to have a relative in an aged care particularly with dementia. As he was mute,” explains the comic, “he had no way of transmitting his interiority, though his eyes were always wide as if he were permanently screaming in his head.

His comedy act is based on finding humour in dealing with the realities of old age, however on the written page it all comes across as depressing and tragic, rather than funny.I look forward to seeing his live shows if ever he brings them to the Adelaide Fringe, which would possibly be a very good platform for them. Why is it that we come to value to the care of those closest to us so little that it is farmed out to profit centres employing people on the lowest possible wages, who are forever leaving for easier ways to earn a crust? Hats off also to him for his dedication in working this broken system, and I'm sure than many of the residents were that much the better because of him. The only problem is that he would read the sign and “then spend the next 14 hours… washing old knobs for minimum wage. I expected this to be more anecdotal and instead it felt like I was reading a text book with all the references.