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Having lost my elderly parents and in-laws to dementia, I was surprised to learn that a very good friend of mine in her late 60s is dealing with the beginnings of memory loss, and yet she isn't discouraged. She’s smart; she's aware of the future that may await her; and she's managing to take life’s potential calamities in stride. She's not the only one.

A new book by Zaldy Tan, M.D., the Director of the Memory & Healthy Aging Program at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, discusses precisely that type of resilience in his new book, What to Remember When You Are Forgetting: How to Live with Memory Loss, Alzheimer’s, and Other Dementias.

I also came across a few surprises in the 8th edition of The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People with Alzheimer Disease, Other Dementias, and Memory Loss by Nancy L. Mace and Peter V.........

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