Parents Memory

A geriatrician whose perspective on his specialty changed when his own father was diagnosed with dementia provides clear, calm questions to ask and tasks to tackle—as well as what not to worry about—from the first moments of concern. When Nate Chin’s father, also a doctor, began to feel...

Full of actionable advice and insider tips, When Your Aging Parent Needs Help provides practical and flexible steps that move concerned families toward effective elder care action, while respecting a parent's dignity and autonomy.

What will your children remember of their childhood? Calling all moms who want to break out of monotony, distraction, and busyness to a life of making lasting memories with your kids and drawing your family closer to one another and to God! What’s the solution to gaining the balanced...

A masterful collection of essays from America's most beloved humorist that will take readers to wilder and more entertaining heights than ever. "The preeminent humorist of his generation ... His reluctant charm and talent for observing every inch of the human condition remain intact."...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In the tradition of Paul Tough’s How Children Succeed and Wendy Mogel’s The Blessing of a Skinned Knee, this groundbreaking manifesto focuses on the critical school years when parents must learn to allow their children to experience the disappointment and...

The unforgettable, sharply funny dementia novel readers are calling “heartbreaking and hilarious in equal measure.” “Maggie is a masterpiece of chaos.” "Tom broke my heart, then made me laugh out loud.” “A beautifully honest story.” It starts, as these things often do, with small slips. A misplaced remote. A teapot given away to a postman. A trolley “adopted” from Tesco Express. But Maggie Harris has never done anything by halves - so her dementia arrives with full-blown mayhem: five-hour bus trips to places she doesn’t recognise, late-night wanderings, supermarket ...

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Our ability to pay attention is collapsing. From the author of Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections comes a groundbreaking examination of why this is happening—and how to get our attention back. “The book the world needs in order to win the war on distraction...

Saturday morning. Nobody agrees on anything, the teenager is still asleep, and you have no ideas and forty dollars. You want more time with your kids, and you want it to count. But “make quality time” is easy to say and hard to do on a real weekend, with real children, a real budget, and a family that can’t agree on lunch. Creating Lasting Memories gives you fifty fun family activities for all ages, ready to run, plus the simple science of why some family moments stick for years while others are forgotten by Monday. Fifty activities, ready when you are Every activity is laid out on ...

The Long Hello distills the seven years the author spent caring for her mother into a pause-resisting memoir that offers insight into the "altering world of the dementia mind". During that time Borrie recorded brief conversations she had with her mother that revealed the transformations within - and sometimes yielded an almost Zen-like poetry. She includes selections from them in chapters about her experience that are as evocative as diary entries.

How to Care for a Parent With Memory Loss. A Practical Guide to Handling Difficult Moments, Protecting Their Safety, and Keeping Yourself From Burning Out. Your mother just asked the same question for the fifth time today. Your father insists he can still drive. You caught yourself losing patience an hour ago, and now you feel guilty about it. None of this came with an instruction manual — until now. Who this How to Care for a Parent With Memory Loss book is for This How to Care for a Parent With Memory Loss book is for the adult son or daughter who has become, gradually or suddenly, ...

Media darling and director of Memory and Healthy Aging at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Dr. Zaldy Tan’s What to Remember When You Are Forgetting shares the definitive guide to thriving with dementia for the recently diagnosed and their caregivers. What if a dementia diagnosis could be an...

The Compassionate Guide to Dementia for Caregivers Proven Strategies and Heartfelt Tips to Care for Loved Ones at Home or Away. Manage Memory Loss & Challenging Behaviors to Enhance Your and Your Love One's Quality of Life By Enlightened Insights INK Dementia touches almost everyone's lives, bringing profound changes that can be both heartbreaking and challenging. You may feel lost and overwhelmed as you face the emotional upheaval of watching cherished memories fade and behavior shifts in someone you love. Do you feel the heartache of seeing your loved one struggle with memory lapses? Are ...

He died three years ago. So why is he calling tonight? Lucas has never stopped grieving Paul, the love of his life. Every sunset, every silence, every moment without him still hurts. Then, one night, the phone rings. And Paul’s voice is on the line. Lucas is drawn into a haunting spiral of forgotten memories, mysterious messages, and an unshakable feeling that Paul isn’t gone—not entirely. But if love can reach beyond death… what price must be paid? 💬 "Stay With Me" is a gripping MM romance blending raw emotion with supernatural mystery. A story about grief, longing, and the ...

**Narrated by the Author** In this fourth edition of her perennial bestselling book, Dr. Mary Sheedy Kurcinka utilizes her deep experience to address the pressures previous generations of parents didn’t have to consider. Her empathy and effective advice are exemplified in the introduction of...

Updated September, 2025! You never imagined you'd be the one making life-and-death decisions for your mom or dad. Now what? When Alzheimer’s or dementia strikes someone you love, it can feel like you're suddenly in charge of everything—without a roadmap. This real-world dementia survival guide answers with detailed and practical advice the exact questions every caregiver ends up facing: What if Mom refuses to leave her home, even when it’s no longer safe? When do I take away Dad's car keys—or checkbook? Should I correct her when she says things that are just plain false? What do I ...

Including real life stories, this newly revised third edition of the award-winning bestseller—voted one of the top twenty parenting books—provides parents with the most up-to-date research, effective discipline tips, and practical strategies for raising spirited children. Do you ever wonder...

What happens when the long-term effects of a brain injury meet the realities of aging? For many survivors of traumatic brain injury, concussion, mild TBI, repeated head impacts, or acquired brain injury, the most difficult questions may not appear until years later. A memory lapse becomes more noticeable. Fatigue is harder to manage. Word-finding problems, slower thinking, balance concerns, sensory overload, or emotional changes begin to affect daily life in new ways. Is this normal aging, a long-standing brain injury effect, or a sign that something new deserves medical attention? Aging ...

When a convicted killer is saved by another man's confession, Amos Decker, now an FBI special task force detective, must find the truth in this gripping #1 New York Times bestseller. "Utterly absorbing" —Associated Press Convicted murderer Melvin Mars is counting down the last hours before his...

The New York Times bestselling author of The Notebook shares a life-affirming memoir where he travels the world with his brother. "Refreshingly honest and perceptive." —Publishers Weekly In January 2003, Nicholas Sparks and his brother, Micah, set off on a three-week trip around the globe. It...

Nobody hands you a manual when the people you love start getting older. Most of us are expected to figure it out as we go. One day everything seems fine. Then you start noticing things. Mom repeats herself three times. Dad probably shouldn’t be driving at night. The house isn’t being kept up quite the way it used to be. Someone falls. A hospital stay happens. And suddenly the family is trying to figure out a world of home care, assisted living, memory care, Medicare, long-term care insurance, legal documents, and costs that nobody saw coming. Senior Living Made S.I.M.P.L.E.™ helps you...