The Memory Clinic - Tiffany Chow

Everyone dreads the words
" Alzheimer ' s disease "
and
" dementia. "
And everyone who
plans to live beyond age sixty-five is at some risk. Dr. Tiffany Chow, a prominent
clinician and neuroscientist, offers knowledge and hope about an illness where
there is, as yet, no cure. Aimed at patients and their families, The Memory Clinic
is a comprehensive and ultimately reassuring work about the prevention and
management of dementia.

Chow herself has a genetic legacy of Alzheimer ' s disease, and she probes what
she - and everyone else - can do to mitigate the impact of genetics through nutrition,
exercise, and the concepts of cerebral reserve and brain plasticity. But it is in
her front-line role managing the suffering caused by dementia and aiding caregivers
where Chow ' s compassionate voice is most inspiring. She emphasizes that both
patients and caregivers need to feel safe, healthy, happy, and loved, and that meeting
these basic needs daily takes skill at balancing life ' s demands and is itself part of the
protective shield against dementia ' s effects.

Dr. Chow has written an accessible and fascinating guide through the mysteries of
the brain ' s deterioration in dementia. And as an empathetic physician who sees the
person behind the symptoms, she offers practical strategies and comfort to both
the afflicted and their caregivers.