How We Age: A Doctor's Journey into the Heart of Growing Old
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| Rating | : | 4.55 (822 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0738215589 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 320 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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"Excellent look at the mind as we age" according to Jill Meyer. Dr Marc Agronin, who specialises in geriatric psychology in Miami, has written a memoir about his medical practice. It's a small book, with many short chapters of personal anecdotes, about how the mind ages and how different sorts of dementia, including Alzheimers', can be treated. This is not a "how-to" book, giving exercises that may postpone the advent of aging, but rather a look at how aging proceeds in the brain and how caregivers and medical professi. Nashville Nancy said What a wonderful book of understanding for the aged.. The mental and emotional aspects of aging are explored with great sympathy and understanding. HOW WE AGE was enlightening for this aging woman, and made me wish so much that I could find a kind and brilliant doctor like Marc Agronin. I highly recommend this book, and I will be passing it along to others to enjoy.. J. Lusskin said BRAVO! A MUST READ!. This book is a thoughtful, in depth look into the heart of old age. Dr. Agronin pulls together his experiences in dealing with elderly patients, as well as their families, creating a masterful work and a poignant read.Readers will come to have a better understanding of the aging process, compassion,and a general sense of how to lead a better life nowknowing we all tread into the same water in the future.Dramatic, touching, heartfelt, thought-provoking, inf
Kirkus Reviews, December 2010“A successful explication of how ‘aging equals vitality, wisdom, creativity, spirit, and, ultimately, hope.’”
His beat? A nursing home in Miami. Drawing on moving personal experiences--those of his patients and their families, as well as his own--and on in-depth interviews with pioneers in the field, Agronin conjures an unforgettable look at what aging means today: how our bodies and brains change over time—and how even the very way we understand aging is changing too.. Marc Agronin writes luminously of life as he sees it as a doctor