Recommended Books on Aging

● Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life by Louise Aronson

● The Measure of Our Age: Navigating Care, Safety, Money & Meaning Later in Life by M.T. Connolly

● Age Power: How the 21st Century Will be Ruled by The New Old by Ken Dychtwald, Ph.D.

Recommended Books for persons living with Dementia

For patients, caregivers, or any & all who love them

● The Validation Breakthrough: Simple Techniques for Communicating with People with Alzheimer's and Other Dementias by Naomi Feil

● The 36-Hour Day: A Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease and Other Dementias by Nancy L. Mace & Peter V. Rabins 

● Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness or an Aging Brain by Jarem Sawatsky

Recommended Books on Mindfulness and Practicing Compassion

● When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times by Pema Chodron 

● A Heart on Fire: 100 Meditations on Loving Your Neighbors Well by Danielle Coke Balfour

Recommended Books on Death, Dying & Personhood

● Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande

● Tuesdays with Morrie: an old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson by Mitch Albom

● Living Fully and Dying Prepared: An Essential Workbook to Help You Reflect Back, Plan Ahead and Find Peace on Your Journey by Francesca Lynn Arnoldy