Careless (2025)
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.
Director: Sue Thomson
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Margaret Thomson as Self |
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Olivia Cornwell as Self |
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Jane Cornwell as Self |
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Sarah Holland-Batt as Self |
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Beverly as Self |
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Hanh Vu as Self |
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Linda Ford as Self |
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Luciana Martini as Self |
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Mario Martini as Self |
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Cassie Robb as Self |
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Libby Segal as Self |
| Directing | Sue Thomson | Director |
| Production | Lola Nankervis | Producer |
| Production | Adam Farrington-Williams | Producer |
| Production | Sue Thomson | Producer |
| Writing | Adam Farrington-Williams | Writer |
| Writing | Sue Thomson | Writer |
| Camera | Ben Bryan | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Mark D'Angelo | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Uri Mizrahi | Editor |
