I really must make a point of asking my geriatrician next time if there’s anything that can be done about the leaky part or if I’ll just have to resign myself to wearing diapers. Hendrik is a bit of a grouchy old fellow, but it’s not long before he realises that it’s not just his age and infirmity that have affected his mood, it’s the continuous complaints and “organ recitals” at the dinner table (a phrase I only ever heard used by my aunt, who was exasperated by hearing all the gory details about other people’s organs). Whenever Everts grout plays up Walter visits and takes his dog for a walk, helps him out with things or just enjoys an afternoon chat and "a glass of something or other" - usually wine, gin, brandy or whisky.

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Hollanda bir apartheid toplumudur; beyazlar beyazlarla, Türkler Türklerle, yoksullar yoksullarla, beyinsizler beyinsizlerle yaşar. Not that I'm being disrespectful - I've read plenty of books that are told through the POV of a person in an elderly home, and some of them have been great. At 83 years old, he decides to start writing in his diary to pass the time and to “give the world an uncensored expose´: a year in the life of the inmates of a care home in North Amsterdam.But the home's director will not stand for any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric romance.

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It reminds me of The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole which I read while at school, albeit with the protagonist being from a different generation. Despite their age, the members of the club are a determined bunch as they sample themed and very fine dining establishments and arrange day trips. Hendrik Groen’s Amsterdam-based nursing home was shut down and he was sent to the Bergen aan Zee facility. In April 2016, NRC Handelsblad revealed Peter de Smet, a 61-year-old librarian with no previous published written work, as the book’s author. This is a book containing intrigue, and arson attacks and romance and complicated political manoeuvrings.

There is an incident with the Aquarium in the care home which results in dead fish and a clash with management. Seeing the world through his eyes - and the perspective of his closest friends - The Old But Not Dead Club - was a very humorous undertaking. He reminds me of a mischievous child, one you just see as sometimes naughty but cute, cuddles and loveable because they say some awesome things on they're perception of life it makes you laugh. In 2017 werden de boeken verfilmd en door Omroep MAX uitgezonden als de televisieserie Het geheime dagboek van Hendrik Groen, met Kees Hulst in de rol van Hendrik Groen. As long as There is Life” by Hendrick Groen continues to follow the life and times of the octogenarian that was introduced in the debut.

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Of course, there is a certain amount of backstabbing, as is only natural when people live in such close proximity, but the overriding feeling I'm left with is one of being humbled, charmed, and amused. His bestselling book might have offered some clues, even though the only thing it asserts is that it is the diary of Henrick Groen, which most fans rightly guessed was a pseudonym. My own father is also 83 years old and this month has just moved into a residential care home in Cardiff.The book is written in diary format written by an 83-year old man starting January 1, 2013 and ending on New Year’s Eve December 31 of that year. I can see parts of this book being used in staff training sessions across a range of industries to explain to workers how the elderly think and understand their world. I'll have to grant the author of this novel as having done a good job of taking a living situation of limited appeal and turning it into a fairly interesting story. This book though mostly had me chuckling at some of their antics, not just those of the club members, but the residents in general.