Your Loved One Has a Memory Disorder: What Next?
Tuesday, 01/31/2017 – 08:00 pm – 09:00 pm
Books & Books
265 Aragon Avenue,
Coral Gables, Florida 33134
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Cost: Free
Marc Agronin, M.D., draws on science and extensive clinical experience to give readers technical and practical information in his book “The Dementia Caregiver: A Guide to Caring for Someone with Alzheimer’s Disease and Other Neurocognitive Disorders.â€
Dr. Agronin, an internationally recognized geriatric psychiatrist and author of numerous books, including “How We Age,” is a regular contributor to the Wall Street Journal’s “The Experts†column. In his books, Dr. Agronin addresses the scientific, medical and human side of aging through the stories and lives of his patients. He is widely recognized for his work in diagnosis, treatment and research on memory diseases for nearly 20 years at Miami Jewish Health. According to Dr. Agronin, Alzheimer’s disease is the most common neurocognitive disease, and such cases are expected to double worldwide within the next 50 years.