As George Bernard Shaw said all those years ago, 'Youth is wasted on the young.' Just when you've learnt a few things about life, made your mistakes and grown from them, your years living them out are few. So, perhaps the point of it all that wisdom is to share it with others so they can live it out.

That's why we've sent Helen Shield into some of our finest aged care facilities--to glean from our elders the wisdom that only they can share. We're calling these lessons Home Truths, and Helen's come back with another handful... If you missed it, catch the podcast!