The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. And Hannah Weatherill, acting head of media rights with Penguin Random House, said: ‘Pope’s memoir about his work as a carer is extraordinary – he captures the personalities of the residents, their families, and his colleagues in all their complexity with incredible empathy and humour. I expected more tales of life in a care home, which I would have enjoyed, having volunteered in one myself. I don't think it's possible to have a black comedic view of healthcare, aka Adam Kay, and at the same time discuss an intelligent in depth analysis of the system.

So, I preferred some aspects of this book to others, but it is undeniably an important addition to the existing literature on social care. While he shares his first hand experience, Pope also reflects on the state of the care system- it's over reliance on the underpaid and the risk of profit being prioritized over resident and staff welfare.He has a wonderful turn of phrase, both serious and comic, realising that gallows humour is an essential release-valve in a demanding job witnessing decay and detachment. He ignores memos on the “proper” (actually, patronising) ways to converse with residents, opening with questions like: “Is everybody having a safe afternoon? Hannah Weatherill, Acting Head of Media Rights, Penguin Random House, said: “Pope’s memoir about his work as a carer is extraordinary – he captures the personalities of the residents, their families, and his colleagues in all their complexity with incredible empathy and humour. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH). According to a University of Massachusetts study, care workers face injury rates more than twice as high as those of construction workers.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. I'll Die After Bingo is his tough yet hilarious, intelligent and honest account of 9 ½ years caring of for the elderly.I'll Die After Bingo, the book in which comedian Pope Lonergan talks about working in a care home for the elderly, is being adapted for television. Morwenna Gordon, Executive Producer, Scripted for Expectation, said: “I was completely won over by Pope’s writing.