After one fall too many, the 70-year-old’s hip bone, ravaged by decades of unhealthy lifestyle and poor nutrition, finally broke.

More than bones were broken. The familiar rhythms of her life were shattered as simple activities, such as getting out of bed, going to the toilet and going downstairs to her favourite coffee shop for breakfast, were now impossible without another person’s help. Family members had to reorganise their lives to care for this once happy and independent person, who became demoralised, helpless and trapped within her flat.