Film
Careless
2025 · 1h 28m · Documentary
Growing old never cost so much
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Overview
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.
Cast
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
Cassie Robb
Self
Libby Segal
Self
Crew
- Sue ThomsonDirector · Producer · Writer
- Adam Farrington-WilliamsProducer · Writer
- Lola NankervisProducer
- Ben BryanDirector of Photography
- Mark D'AngeloOriginal Music Composer
- Uri MizrahiEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- August 16, 2025
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Runtime
- 1h 28m
- Genres
- Documentary
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