Mandy and Elizabeth – aged care

While working together, Mandy and Elizabeth have become firm friends. Mandy helps Elizabeth stay independent in her home, while Elizabeth is always happy to provide advice and share a laugh and a cup of tea.

Male voiceover:

How are you liking it so far?

Elizabeth:

Well, it's very scary. (LAUGHS)

Male voiceover:

Scary?

Elizabeth:

Don't know what you do next, or ask next! (LAUGHS)

Male voiceover:

So, I asked you before if you remember the first time you met Mandy.

Elizabeth:

It's quite a while back now.

So, and we hit it off straightaway.

She's nice and friendly and helps me keep the house clean.

Because I can't anymore.

Because I've had a few heart attacks, so I couldn't do the vacuuming anymore.

Male voiceover:

How has she helped change your life?

Elizabeth:

Well, just that... I know that I'm not on my own.

And I have company when I want to, and...

Yeah, before, I was in the house on my own, and...

We always laugh.

And if she's like, "You should get some cake." (LAUGHS)

If not, it's biscuit. (LAUGHS)

Mandy:

I can't believe Elizabeth is 90.

She's just, yeah, quick-witted. She's just with it.

We talk a lot.

You know, about her life, about the things she's been through. World War II.

Yeah, just her stories...

I'm sorry.

Her experiences. Um...

Her husband, her love.

Her love for her family.

I mean, you look at her house, there's...

..hundreds of pictures.

You know, she's lived a life.

You know, we really do live in a world, I think, where we take life so seriously, and then you look at her and just every day, she lives life to the fullest.

Elizabeth:

I haven't broken any lenses, so... (LAUGHS)

Last updated: 16 August 2021