"Throughout our life, we look for ways to keep our mind sharp and effortlessly productive. Now, globe trotting neurosurgeon Dr. Sanjay Gupta offers insights from top scientists all over the world, whose cutting-edge research can help you heighten and protect brain function and maintain cognitive health at any age. ...Debunks common myths about aging and cognitive decline, explores whether there's a "best" diet or exercise regimen for the brain, and...

Samuel Valenti was an unpretentious, humble man who required very little in life to make him happy. He grew up during the Great Depression, working on the family farm in New Jersey, growing tomatoes to sell to Campbell Soup Company. Seeing the Hindenburg fly over his farm, receiving visits to the farm from his cousin, Anne Bancroft, and serving his country in World War II were a few of the highlights of his young adult life that he spoke of often....

"Winsome, uplifting" personal stories and practical tips for walking your loved one through this season of life (Michele Howe, author of Giving Thanks for a Perfectly Imperfect Life ). A coach and podcaster who specializes in support for caregivers, Rayne Neises knows from her own experience caring for two parents with Alzheimer's disease that this role can take a toll. In this comforting book she offers practical tips and personal stories that help...

A courageous and singular book, Memory's Last Breath is an unsparing, beautifully written memoir--an intimate, revealing account of living with dementia. Based on the "field notes" she keeps in her journal, Memory's Last Breath is Gerda Saunders' astonishing window into a life distorted by dementia. She writes about shopping trips cut short by unintentional shoplifting, car journeys derailed when she loses her bearings, and the embarrassment of forgetting...

Relates the politics, history, and science of Alzheimer's disease through a case study of Sylvia Truman, a composite person who is diagnosed with the degenerative illness.

As a member of the “sandwich generation,” Elizabeth is caught in the middle of simultaneously caring for both a child and an aging parent. She finds her world spiraling out of control yet full of beauty. Faced with disaster, she confronts life head on.