Dr. Andrew Budson will discuss his guide for families, "Six Steps to Managing Alzheimer’s Disease and Dementia", including managing issues with memory, language, vision, behavior, driving, incontinence, sleep, and more. Based on the 2nd edition of his award-winning book, "Seven Steps to Managing Your Aging Memory", he will also explain how individuals can distinguish changes in memory due to Alzheimer's versus normal aging, what medications, diets, and exercise regimes can help, and the best habits, strategies, and memory aids to use, in seven simple steps. Lastly, he will share some tricks and techniques that everyone, young and old, can use to improve their memory, based on his 2023 book, "Why We Forget and How to Remember Better". 

Educated at Haverford College and Harvard Medical School, Dr. Budson is Chief of Cognitive Behavioral Neurology at the VA Boston Healthcare System, Associate Director of the Boston University Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center, Professor of Neurology at Boston University, and Lecturer in Neurology at Harvard Medical School.

This talk is part of the Dementia Friendly Charlton initiative, a local initiative that is part of Dementia Friendly Massachusetts. Registration is requested. 

Additional parking is available across the street at Town hall.