In Search of My Father

<p>What happens when life throws together a busy enthusiastic doctor-daughter and her bereaved disenchanted dependent father? What happens when science meets stubbornness and a parent needs parenting?</p><p>Following her mother's death Dr Helena Popovic puts her medical training and beliefs to the test when she becomes the carer for her elderly father who has encroaching dementia.</p><p>A passionate medical practitioner and an international public speaker on <strong>Boost Your Brain</strong> and <strong>Turn Stress into Success</strong> Helena finds herself living out everything she preached.</p><p>This moving story is part personal diary part scientific treatise and part practical guide woven together with humorous anecdotes. Above all it's <strong>an inspiring account of a daughter in search of her father: the man beyond the grief despair depression and dementia</strong>.</p><p>This timeless book deals with a complex issue many of us will need to face: how best to care for elderly parents or loved ones who can no longer care for themselves. What do those in our care most need from us?</p><p>Are there steps we can take to defy dementia and build a better brain? <strong>Are we able to sharpen our intellect tap into brain potential we never knew we had and prevent the cognitive decline most of us believe is inevitable with ageing?</strong></p><p><strong style=color: rgba(161 0 0 1)>The answer is an unequivocal YES!</strong></p><p>Facts inform but stories transform. The facts in this book will change your thinking - the story in this book will change your life.</p><p><em>'Who would have thought that dementia could be such an adventure? That adventure in fact prevents dementia!'</em> Dr Sarah Woodbury FRANZCOG</p>