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Honest Aging is an indispensable guide to the second half of life, describing what to expect physically, psychologically, functionally, and emotionally as you age. Leipzig, an expert in evidence-based geriatrics, highlights how 80-year-olds differ from 60-year-olds and why knowing this is important for your health. With candor, humor, and empathy, this book will provide you with the knowledge and practical advice to optimize aging. The book helps you recognize age-related changes in your body and mind and understand what’s typical with aging and what’s not.
Honest Aging provides guidance for common health concerns, including problems with memory, energy, mood, sleep, weight, sex, and more. Leipzig shares advice on how to make decisions about health care, driving, and where to live, and she includes helpful checklists and lists of medications to prepare for doctor and hospital visits. Enriched by illustrations, patient stories, and deep dives into science and the latest research, Honest Aging gives you the tools to take control of your health and well-being as you age.
Rosanne M. Leipzig, MD, PhD is the Gerald and May Ellen Ritter Professor and Vice Chair Emeritus for the Brookdale Department of Geriatrics and Palliative Medicine at the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai. She is the editor-in-chief of the monthly newsletter Focus on Healthy Aging and coeditor of the fourth edition of Geriatric Medicine.
Thanks to the generous support of the Bartel Family, in honor of their parents and grandparents, Alan & Dolores Bartel, the following accessibility accommodations are available for this community program. Accommodations must be requested at least a week prior to the event.
Dr. Leipzig's sage advice on topics ranging from hearing and vision to sexuality includes a plethora of well-organized medical facts and recommendations but also, most importantly, addresses the personhood and humanity of the older adult. Her calm, wise (and often humorous!) insights help us all to be less afraid of the years ahead and teach us that solutions and adaptations exist for almost any aging-related challenge so we can enjoy life to the fullest, wherever we are on the aging spectrum.
―Robin Glazer, Founder and former Director, The Creative Center at University SettlementDr. Rosanne Leipzig has taught thousands of physicians how to help their patients age better, and I am one of them. With this book, she has created an indispensable guide to better aging, for both health care providers and their patients.
―Brent Ridge, MD, Founder of Beekman 1802
Dr. Leipzig's book offers a pragmatic, no-nonsense guide to what to expect as we age and how to adapt and thrive in our later years. She provides a refreshing approach―with humor and candor―to understanding what's normal in the aging process and how we can best navigate its challenges and opportunities. A must-read for older adults and caregivers!
―Judith A. Salerno, MD, MS, President, The New York Academy of Medicine
Dr. Leipzig does not shy away from the challenges faced by all of us as we age. She discusses the challenges in a straightforward, practical, and often humorous way. She also highlights the less heralded advantages that come with experience and growing older. Dr. Leipzig, a renowned geriatrician, provides a straight-forward, easily read, and fun insider's guide to aging. I highly recommend it for individuals who are aging, loves someone who is aging, or who plan to age at some point.
―Mary Tinetti, MD, Gladys Phillips Crofoot Professor, Medicine and Public Health, Yale University School of Medicine
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