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hopeful
informative
medium-paced
4.0
Being a very recent publication when I read this, I was glad that it was well researched and up to date. Bits of it were a little over-written but there were a lot of very useful bits of information that still stick with me and help me to inform my decisions and ideas of elder-care and brain aging.
Particularly, it was interesting to read that sometimes partners of a person who is in need of care, may feel like their own mental capacity is failing, due to the stress and anxiety of being a carer. I often consider what I learned from this book about attentiveness and recall; that you can't recall something if you weren't paying attention at the time it happened.. you aren't losing your ability to recall things, you just didn't make the memory in the first place because you weren't being attentive and present at the time it happened. Upshot: pay attention when you put down you park the car or put down your keys! ...now what was I saying?
Having not read a lot on the subject previously this was a good resource to bump up this specific area of my understandings on neuroplasticity, executive function and memory, but some of the language might be a bit lofty if you are not into psychology.
There is a 2022 imprint now, which I have not read, but which may be more up-to-date.
Particularly, it was interesting to read that sometimes partners of a person who is in need of care, may feel like their own mental capacity is failing, due to the stress and anxiety of being a carer. I often consider what I learned from this book about attentiveness and recall; that you can't recall something if you weren't paying attention at the time it happened.. you aren't losing your ability to recall things, you just didn't make the memory in the first place because you weren't being attentive and present at the time it happened. Upshot: pay attention when you put down you park the car or put down your keys! ...now what was I saying?
Having not read a lot on the subject previously this was a good resource to bump up this specific area of my understandings on neuroplasticity, executive function and memory, but some of the language might be a bit lofty if you are not into psychology.
There is a 2022 imprint now, which I have not read, but which may be more up-to-date.
kristinasshelves's review
3.0
Listened to about 75% of the audiobook, which had several instances of overlapping audio that made sections indecipherable. Some of the chapters that I skipped felt out of place and dealt more with navigating long term care or caregiving for an elderly family member. Overall, a good primer on the various brain disorders that can impact us as we age.
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