Marion Shoard

Marion Shoard was an acclaimed writer and campaigner about the conservation of and access to Britain's countryside for 35 years. Just as her book A Right to Roam was being published in 1999, Marion's mother lost her sight and developed dementia. Pitched into a world of which she then knew nothing, Marion was determined that once she had secured good care for her mother, she would provide others with the straight-talking advice she had sought in vain, so she switched focus to concentrate almost...See more

Marion Shoard was an acclaimed writer and campaigner about the conservation of and access to Britain's countryside for 35 years. Just as her book A Right to Roam was being published in 1999, Marion's mother lost her sight and developed dementia. Pitched into a world of which she then knew nothing, Marion was determined that once she had secured good care for her mother, she would provide others with the straight-talking advice she had sought in vain, so she switched focus to concentrate almost exclusively on older people's issues. More than ten years in the writing, How to Handle Later Life provides extensive guidance and a comprehensive grounding in the whole range of problems and opportunities which come with growing older. It completely replaces and is nearly twice the length of her 2004 book A Survival Guide to Later Life. Marion Shoard is or has been involved in a voluntary capacity with the Alzheimer's Society, Relatives and Residents Association, Healthwatch Medway and Christians on Ageing. She gives talks and campaigns in the field of later life, not least during 2020 and 2021 to challenge restrictions on access for people living in care homes to the outside world. For further information about the author, see Wikipedia and marionshoard.co.uk. See less