This novel compares how various aboriginal groups - i.e. Inuit and First Nations - have long traditions involving treatment of their elderly and disabled citizens as compared with how our supposedly sophisticated societies deal with the same problem.

We justify the expansion of our full care nursing homes on the basis that they provide more efficient utilisation of professional services and resources to achieve a higher standard in quality of care but we tend to neglect the even more important objective of quality of life.

This book is based upon the author's many years spent in his hometown of Fredericton, New Brunswick. There are dozens of references to current and historical sites in the province.