Seven Steps to Managing Your Aging Memory: What's Normal, What's Not, and What to Do About It - Hardcover

Budson, Andrew E.; O'Connor, Maureen

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0197632424 ISBN 13: 9780197632420

Publisher: Oxford University Press, 2023

Synopsis

Seven Steps to Managing Your Aging Memory helps individuals determine whether their aging memories are normal or not, when they need to see their doctor, what evaluation their doctor should do, which medications can actually improve their memory, as well as the diets, exercise, strategies, and memory aids that can augment their memory function in daily life.

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About the Author

Andrew Budson, MD majored in chemistry and philosophy at Haverford College before receiving his medical degree from Harvard Medical School. Dr. Budson is Chief of Cognitive & Behavioral Neurology at the Veterans Affairs Boston Healthcare System, Professor of Neurology at Boston University, and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School. His career combines education, research, and clinical care to help those with memory disorders.

Maureen O'Connor, PsyD received her doctorate in psychology from Indiana University of Pennsylvania and completed her predoctoral internship at Yale University School of Medicine. In 2005, after completing her postdoctoral residency at the Bedford Veterans Affairs Hospital/Boston University School of Medicine, she accepted an appointment at the Bedford VA as Director of Neuropsychology, where she established the Memory Diagnostic Clinic to evaluate and treat Veterans with memory loss and provide support to their families. In 2019 she was appointed the Director of the Research Education Component at the Boston University Alzheimer's Disease Research Center.

Edition details

• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Publication date: 2023
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0197632424
• ISBN 13: 9780197632420
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 376