My father's brain : life in the shadow of Alzheimer's / Sandeep Jauhar.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Jauhar, Prem P.

Jauhar, Sandeep, 1968-.

Jauhar, Sandeep.

Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Family relationships.

Alzheimer's disease.

Alzheimer's disease--Patients--Biography.

Father and child.

Alzheimer Disease.

Father-Child Relations.

Alzheimer's disease--Patients.

Medical Subjects:

Jauhar, Prem P.

Alzheimer Disease.

Father-Child Relations.

Genre:

Biography.

Autobiographies.

Biographies.

Personal narratives.

Physical Description:

x, 238 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023.

Summary:

"A doctor's memoir about his father's experience of dementia, and an overview of the history of and latest findings on the disease"-- Provided by publisher.

Almost six million Americans--about one in every ten people over the age of sixty-five--have Alzheimer's disease or related dementias, and this number is projected to more than double by 2050. What is it like to live with and amid this increasingly prevalent condition--an affliction that some fear more than death? In My Father's Brain, the distinguished physician and author Sandeep Jauhar sets his father's descent into Alzheimer's alongside his own journey toward understanding this disease and how it might best be coped with, if not cured. -- adapted from jacket

Contents:

Introduction: They used to call me Topper

Part I: Of plaques and tangles. We could always move to Georgia

So, when will you bring Pia?

Then I will take a taxi

Well, your reputation will live on

One day she will be gone, and this will all be left behind

It seems we are dealing here with a special illness

These days have finally come

Part II: Scars. You want to put him in a locked unit like his mother?

She told me she will work for free

Well, don't worry about my loneliness!

Where is your mom?

If you don't know math, that is not my problem

You're my family

Don't worry, things will work out.

Notes:

Includes index.

ISBN:

9780374605841

037460584X

OCLC:

1352483046