While exploring a potential project last week, I came across the brilliant work of Ad Infinitum, a Bristol-based international theatre company. Their mission is “to challenge, move and provoke” audiences by telling stories about people who are marginalised because of their ethnicity, gender, sexuality or age, for instance.

Their three-part podcast Home from Home: Journeys into Elderly Care really affected me, particularly at a time when my father is feeling more lonely, preoccupied with his mounting ailments, slowly losing confidence in body and mind. How did we get here so soon? When the time comes to have that conversation, I hope I have the strength and selflessness to focus on what he really wants, and little else.

This is a very sensitive and contentious topic. How to respect the wishes of an elder and balance them with our day-to-day responsibilities and personal goals… What happens if you can’t reach a consensus in the family on what is in your father or mother’s best interests? And when should you push back on a hospital’s recommendation that they move to a care home?