An intelligent and helpful tour of alzheimers, by science writer shenk the end of patience, 1999. Portrait of an epidemic by david shenk afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85, alzheimers disease kills nearly 100,000 americas a year as it insidiously robs them of their memory and wreaks havoc on the lives of their loved ones. First attracted to his subject by its horrific ability to destroy the human mind and body, journalist david shenk ultimately finds reasons to accept alzheimers diseaseand almost forgive itin the forgetting. Afflicting nearly half of all persons over the age of 85, alzheimer. What is new is that in the west more of us live long enough to suffer from it. In his role as producer, shenk tasked four different filmmakers to each make a short film to show how families adapt to having a loved one who has alzheimers disease. It is a book about hope, faith, and humora prescription far more powerful than the conventional medication available today to fight. Listen to noah adams interview author david shenk on all things considered. He is author of six books, including the genius in all of us 2010, data smog 1997, the forgetting 2001, and the immortal game 2006, and has contributed to national geographic, slate, the new york times, gourmet, harpers, wired, the new yorker, the new republic, the nation, the american scholar, npr and pbs. David shenk, the author of the genius in all of us and the forgetting alzheimers. Popular alzheimers books meet your next favorite book. Reflecting the diversity and global nature of the dementia crisis, this anthology is published in collaboration with us against alzheimers. The book talks about how he detected fibers and plaques in. Mustread books for you, alz caregiver alzheimers and.
Madeleine adelson, staff director of living with alzheimers film project. But only in recent decades, due to dramatic gains in human longevity, has alzheimers emerged as a true social health catastrophe. The greek legislator solon wrote about it in 500 b. Living with alzheimers how alzheimers caregivers cope. David shenk presents us with much more than a detailed explanation of its causes and effects and the search for a cure.
He movingly captures the diseases impact on its victims and their families, and he looks back through history, explaining. David shenk is an american writer, lecturer, and filmmaker. The era of information overload with david shenk get. Us against alzheimers book by marita golden, george.
The forgetting by david shenk a brilliant and quirky new book on alzheimers offers food for thought on the unthinkable and a new, deeper understanding of. In 2007, shenk wrote, produced and directed four short films on alzheimers disease. Shenk portrays the history, the devastation and the future of the disease now diagnosed in. Resource guide is courtesy of david shenk and living with alzheimers project. David shenk is the awardwinning, nationalbestselling author of six books, including the genius in all of us deeply interesting and important new york. Inside the mind of alzheimers, detailing his daily battle with the disease. He is creator and cohost of the public radio podcast the forgetting. Shenks powerful narrative helps this book became a story of what happens.
He discusses the role of scientists, caregivers, and policymakers in the treatment. Us against alzheimers stories of family, love, and faith marita golden, george vradenburg, david shenk. Videos tagged alzheimers holistic and practical support for alzheimers book trailer. First attracted to his subject by its horrific ability to. Shenk has found something beautiful and soulful in a condition that forces people to live in the perpetual. Portrait of an epidemic david shenk written by journalist david shenk, this book traces the history of alzheimers disease starting from the earliest identification right up to the present day. Hes a contributor to national geographic, slate, the new york times, wall street journal, the new yorker, the.
Inside the mind of alzheimers, author of the forgetting, and creator of the living with alzheimers film project having lost a great grandfather to alzheimers, i cannot stress enough the importance of a committed exploration of the disease. Alzheimers is peeling away life like an onion, very, very slowly and. People are living longer than ever before, thanks to modern nutrition and medicine, and are thus paradoxically exposed to increasing risks of alzheimers. Shenk is a journalist and npr commentator who has written more than just a book about ad, but a moving exploration of the nature of memory and the history of the disease from its discovery to the present. He movingly captures the diseases impact on its victims and their families, and he looks back through history, explaining how alzheimer s most likely afflicted such figures as jonathan swift, ralph waldo emerson, and william.
David shenk, living with alzheimers, the forgetting, a. He is a popular speaker, a shortfilm director, and has. Welcome to the william bill emery caregiver resource center. While alzheimers has been the subject of many excellent works of journalism and memoir my favorites are david shenks the forgetting. A wonderfully readable history of the brain and of memory.
Shenk traces the diseases path through history, uncovers. David shenk for close to ten years, writer greg obrien, diagnosed with earlyonset alzheimers, has chronicled its progression as an embedded reporter inside the mind of. Portrait of an epidemic, recently talked with mike cuthbert about his living with alzheimers film project. The project was created by david shenk, awardwinning author of the bestselling book the forgetting, in conjunction with cure alzheimers fund. Portrait of an epidemic, explores the findings of alois alzheimer, a neurologist in the early twentieth century, as well as provides an overview of alzheimers. National bestsellera powerfully engaging, scrupulously researched, and deeply empathetic narrative of the history of alzheimers disease, how it affects us, and the search for a cure. Us against alzheimer s stories of family, love, and faith marita golden, george vradenburg, david shenk. An indepth look at the entire spectrum of the alzheimers epidemicthe tragedy, the rising numbers, humankinds fascination with dementia, and the worldwide effort to find a curebased on the bestselling book by david shenk. The project was created by david shenk, awardwinning author of the bestselling book the forgetting, in conjunction with cure alzheimers fund and was generously funded by metlife foundation. An urgent and moving exploration of the alzheimers epidemic, the fo.
David is also a filmmaker, and hes the creator and executive producer of the living with alzheimers film project. Neil postman for those of us living in alzheimers shadow, i want to thank you for the wonderful gift of your book. A library for people living in central and western north carolina. A journey into alzheimers, ompassion, and the joy of eing. Inside the mind of alzheimer s, author of the forgetting, and creator of the living with alzheimers film project having lost a great grandfather to alzheimers, i cannot stress enough the importance of a committed exploration of the disease.
Since ancient times, senility has been considered a natural result of aging. Its time to change that perception and remember to live. And by including in that prologue not only an excerpt from emersons poem brahma but a reference to the barbara waltersmonica lewinsky interview that coincided with the keynote address of the molecular mechanisms in alzheimers disease conference, shenk prepares his reader for the broad scope of the rest of his book, a book as likely to. In support of our mission, we provide free access to accurate, current, and comprehensive information to people with alzheimers disease, family members, caregivers and health professionals through the emery resource library. David shenk s brilliant book data smog names the problem, describes it, explains it and god bless him offers us help in coping with it. Books dementia action alliance dementia action alliance. The living with alzheimers film project announces 2017. She died of what david shenk calls the forgetting and of a common cold. David shenk is the national bestselling author of several books, including.
Recommended reading on alzheimers disease beliefnet. David shenks bestselling book data smog warned of the perils of an. Filmmakers of all ages and from across the globe were invited to help others better understand the heartache, exhaustion, unexpected joys, and. Alzheimers, portrait of an epidemic, by david shenk, anchor, 2003. Shenk is the executive producer of living with alzheimers, a fourpart documentary series that tackles an issue that is. David shenk is the author of six books, including data smog indispensablethe new york times, the immortal game superbthe wall street journal, and the. It is through stories like these that we begin to understand people living with alzheimers, and maybethrough empathy and compassionwe can heal what cant yet be cured. I just finished reading the book and then interviewing greg for a forthcoming experience life article on the latest advances in the war on alzheimers. Lisa genova, author, new york times bestselling still alice this groundbreaking multicultural anthology shares moving personal stories about the impacts of alzheimers and. Although the etiology was never clear, by the mid20th century some blamed hardening of the arteries. Shenk describes his work as a biography, the life story of a biological outlaw that sends victims on a slow but certain trajectory toward forgetting and death. David shenk this is a book about living with alzheimers, not dying with it. My mother died soon after i had finished reading this book. Marita golden is the awardwinning author of sixteen works of fiction and nonfiction, including the wide circumference of love, a 2017 npr best book and 2018 naacp image award nominee, published by.
1527 1195 1436 1595 926 278 1307 181 616 1525 1538 288 1479 685 233 1642 1488 470 439 1154 1463 1657 1543 63 297 986 1155 959 1594 182 1115 237 174 173 892 21 478 820