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Despite being a physician and a bioethicist, Tia Powell wasn't prepared to address the challenges she faced when her grandmother, and then her mother, were diagnosed with dementia--not to mention confronting the hard truth that her own odds aren't great.

For 40 years, The 36-Hour Day has been the leading work in the field for caregivers of those with dementia.

The acclaimed author of What's Worth Knowing reveals the truth about aging: Old age often offers a richer, better, and more self-assured life than youth.

In her first memoir, New Yorker cartoonist Roz Chast brings her signature wit to the topic of aging parents.

In this ground-breaking new book, leading expert Professor James Goodwin explains how simple strategies concerning exercise, diet, social life, and sleep can transform your brain health paradigm, and shows how you can keep your brain youthful and stay sharp across your life.

Everyone is yearning for good health. But how can you attain it? Dr. Ankur Patel has been a witness to the physically, mentally, socially, and spiritually fit lifestyle that his grandmother lived till the ripe age of 93.

Finding long-term care often means making difficult decisions. But the more you know about long-term care, the better off you or your loved one will be.

In her memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful, poet Maggie Smith explores the disintegration of her marriage and her renewed commitment to herself in lyrical vignettes that shine, hard and clear as jewels.

The beloved bestselling collection of common sense wisdom from a celebrated psychologist and military veteran who proves it's never too late to move beyond the deepest of personal losses