Cracking On with Sam Frost and Sarah Roberts
Sep 2, 2026 · 50 min · 15 segments
We know him as the well dressed judge on MasterChef, but today Matt Preston is here to talk about life. He sits down with Sam and Sarah and gets into the conversations nobody has until it's too late…
Matt PrestonGuest
Sarah RobertsHost
Sam FrostHost
Both those, those issues that we touched on in the hospital, dementia, which is very much part of that, that geriatric experience, especially as we've got an aging population.
You know, no one wants to talk about that idea that, of dementia's coming for them.
Um, no one wants to talk about, about, about at what point, what point they don't become them anymore, and is that the case?
And, you know, and I, and I've had, I've had recently with a, a family member, we've had this conversation and they're actually, "My life has been amazing, lived a, a wonderful, it's been wonderful, but if it's, if I start to go, down the end of the pier-
... and, and let me drift off with the sunset." Which is way better, which is way better than, than ending up, you know, forgotten about in a, in a, in a facility somewhere, if you can get in.
And, and also not remembering your children and the distress it causes your kids and-
... you know, and I think that, that's one of the challenges is, and I think one of, why that hit so hard that, that, the stuff about geriatric care and the amazing work that the, the nurses do in the, in the public hospital system here, is that lots of people are starting to, you know, lots of people in media, they're kind of 45, 55.
They, they're starting to get to that point where their parents are heading down that road.
Both those, those issues that we touched on in the hospital, dementia, which is very much part of that, that geriatric experience, especially as we've got an aging population.
You know, no one wants to talk about that idea that, of dementia's coming for them.
Um, no one wants to talk about, about, about at what point, what point they don't become them anymore, and is that the case?
And, you know, and I, and I've had, I've had recently with a, a family member, we've had this conversation and they're actually, "My life has been amazing, lived a, a wonderful, it's been wonderful, but if it's, if I start to go, down the end of the pier-
... and, and let me drift off with the sunset." Which is way better, which is way better than, than ending up, you know, forgotten about in a, in a, in a facility somewhere, if you can get in.
And, and also not remembering your children and the distress it causes your kids and-
... you know, and I think that, that's one of the challenges is, and I think one of, why that hit so hard that, that, the stuff about geriatric care and the amazing work that the, the nurses do in the, in the public hospital system here, is that lots of people are starting to, you know, lots of people in media, they're kind of 45, 55.
They, they're starting to get to that point where their parents are heading down that road.
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