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Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer's Journey

Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer's Journey

FromFocus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging


Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer's Journey

FromFocus on Geriatric Medicine and Aging

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Released:
Jan 23, 2017
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Podcast episode

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Host: Maurice Pickard, MD


Dr. Maurice Pickards talks with Dr. Edward Shaw about his book Keeping Love Alive as Memories Fade: The 5 Love Languages and the Alzheimer's Journey. Dr. Shaw shares how love can lift a corner of dementia’s dark curtain to cultivate an emotional connection amid memory loss. The book provides focused help for those feeling overwhelmed by the relational toll of Alzheimer’s.
Released:
Jan 23, 2017
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (50)

As our population grows older, new medical innovations serve to preserve the symbiosis of the body and mind. Are novel therapies for Alzheimer's on the horizon? How do we approach joint replacement surgery for an active 92-year-old? What about research frontiers focused on promoting longevity? ReachMD gathers top medical experts and opinion leaders for a month-long discussion of geriatric medicine and the aging process.