Resources: Books, Films, Websites

Normal Aging, longevity, and the later third of our lives:

If I Live to Be 100: Lessons From the Centenarians by Neenah Ellis
The Longevity Prescription: The Eight Proven Keys to a Long, Healthy Life by Robert Butler
The Longevity Revolution: The Benefits and Challenges of Living a Long Life by Robert Butler
The Gift of Adversity: The Unexpected Benefits of Life’s Difficulties, Setbacks and Imperfections by Norman Rosenthal
The Blue Zones: Lessons for Living Longer From the People Who’ve Lived the Longest by Dan Buettner
Composing a Further Life: The Age of Active Wisdom by Mary Catherine Bateson Suggests the Previous Book is Also Relevant to Any Age. Composing a Life: Life as a Work in Progress

End-of-life awareness, discussion of what matters most in our Planning for end-of-life decisions and closure:

Being Mortal: Medicine and What Matters in the End by Atul Gawande
My Mother, Your Mother: Embracing “Slow Medicine,” the Compassionate Approach to Caring for your Aging Loved Ones by Dennis McCullough, MD
Your Medical Mind: How to Decide What is Right for You by Jerome Groopman and Pamela Hartzband, MD
Jane Brody’s Guide to the Great Beyond: A Practical Primer to Help You and Your Loved Ones Prepare Medically, Legally, and Emotionally for the End of Life, by Jane Brody
Dying Well: The Prospect of Growth at the End of Life by Ira Byock
Final Gifts: Understanding the Special Awareness, Needs, and Communications of the Dying by Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley
A Very Easy Death by Simone De Beauvoir
When My Time Comes: Conversations About Whether Those Who Are Dying Should Have the Right to Determine When Life Should End, by Diane Rehm

Understanding Alzheimer’s and Dementia Care:

A Dignified Life: The Best Friends Approach to Alzheimer’s Care, by Virginia Bell and David Troxel; in Spanish: Los Mejores Amigos en El Cuidado De Alzheimer
Dementia Reimagined: Building a Life of Joy and Dignity From Beginning to End by Tia Powell, MD
The 36 Hour Day, a Family Guide to Caring for People Who Have Alzheimer Disease, Related Dementias, and Memory Loss, by Nancy Mace and Peter Rabins in Spanish: El Dia De 36 Horas
The Forgetting, Alzheimer’s: Portrait of an Epidemic, by David Shenk
Learning to Speak Alzheimer’s: A Groundbreaking Approach for Everyone Dealing With the Disease, by Joanne Koenig Coste
Creating Moments of Joy by Jolene Brackey

Memoirs of living with Alzheimer’s:

Ten Thousand Joys & Ten Thousand Sorrows, A Couple’s Journey Through Alzheimer’s, by Olivia Ames Hoblitzelle
Elegy for Iris by John Bayley
Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama with Alzheimer’s, Machine Tools and Laughter by Elinor Fuchs
Your Name is Hughes Hannibal Shanks: A Caregiver;s Guide to Alzheimer’s by Lela Knox Shanks
Still Alice by Liza Genova

Spiritual and Emotional Health, Healing, Meditation and Self-Care:

Wherever You Go, There You Are: Mindfulness Meditation in Everyday Life by Jon Kabat-Zinn
Loving-Kindness: The Revolutionary Art of Happiness by Sharon Salzberg
The End of Fear: A Spiritual Path for Realists and Dante's Path by Richard Schaub with Bonney Gulino Schaub
Article: The Meaning of Healing: Transcending Suffering by Thomas Egnew, Annals of Family Medicine: Http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmc1466870/

Reconciliation and Unresolved Feelings in Families:

Ambiguous Loss: Learning to Live With Unresolved Grief by Pauline Boss
Doing the Right Thing: Taking Care of Your Elderly Parents Even If They Didn’t Take Care of You by Roberta Satow

Living with serious health changes and challenges:

To Love What Is: A Marriage Transformed by Alix Kates SHulman
Still Here: Embracing Aging, Changing and Dying by Ram Dass
My Stroke of Insight: A Brain Scientist’s Personal Journey by Jill Bolte Taylor; her TED talk:
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jill_bolte_taylor
A Song in the Night: A Memoir of Resilience by Bob Massie

Functional, Integrative, Holistic Medicine and Nursing:

Spontaneous Healing by Andrew Weil
Life Over Cancer: The Block Center Program for Integrative Cancer Treatment by Keith Block
Crazy Sexy Cancer: An Inspirational Story About Transformation in the Face of Adversity, A Film of Kris Carr’s Journey Healing a Rare Blood Cancer
Overtreated: Why Too Much Medicine is Making Us Sicker and Poorer by Shannon Brownlee
Reinventing Medicine by Larry Dossey
God’s Hotel: A Doctor, a Hospital, and a Pilgrimage to the Heart of Medicine by Victoria Sweet
Integrative Nursing by Mary Jo Kreitzer and Mary Koithan

Integrative Assisted Living:

Video and film on therapeutic Arts:

Music and Memory: Alive Inside: Trailer [The Power of Music to Reach Into Memories and the Self] http://www.aliveinside.us/#trailer, Has Been Available on Netflix
Dance for PD Program With Mark Morris Dance Company, People With Parkinson’s Feel Calm and in Group Dance and Learning: http://danceforparkinsons.org/
MOMA: Meet Me at MOMA https://www.moma.org/meetme/ People With Dementia Respond to Art
Advanced Style: http://www.advanced.style/the-advanced-style-documentary-film-page Older Women Who Love Fashion and Style

Miscellaneous Food As Medicine related books:

Ultra-prevention and Ultra-Metabolism, Two Books by Mark Hyman
Grain Brain and Brain Maker, Brain Health by Neurologist David Perlmutter
What Are You Hungry for? The Chopra Solution to Permanent Weight Loss, Well-being and Lightness of Soul by Deepak Chopra
Healing Spices: How to Use 50 Every day and Exotic Spices to Boost Health and Beat Disease by Bharat B. Aggarwal With Deborah Yost
Crazy Sexy Juice: 100+ Simple Juice, Smoothie, and Nut Milk Recipes to Supercharge Your Health by Kris Carr
Encyclopedia of Natural Medicine by Michael Murray and Joseph Pizzorno
Dropping Acid, the Reflux Diet, Cookbook & Cure: A Groundbreaking Approach to Healthy Eating Featuring 75 Delicious Original Low-fat Recipes by Jamie Koufman and Jordan Stern
The Immune System Recovery Plan by Susan Blum With Michael Bender

Hoarding:

Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquiring, Saving and Hoarding by David F Tolin, Randy O. Frost, and Gail Steketee
Buried in Treasures: Help for Compulsive Acquring, Saving and Hoarding by David F Tolin, Randy O. Frost and Gail Steketee

Hudson Valley and NYC Resources (Click Links Below)