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Dr Helena Popovic

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?

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.

A passionate medical practitioner and international speaker, Helena finds herself living out everything she preached.

This moving story is part personal diary, part scientific treatise and part practical guide, woven together with humorous anecdotes. Above all, it’s an inspiring account of a daughter in search of her father: the man beyond the grief, despair, depression and dementia.

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?

Are there steps we can take to defy dementia and build a better brain? 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?

The answer is an unequivocal YES!

Facts inform but stories transform. The facts in this book will change your thinking – the story in this book will change your life.

‘Who would have thought that dementia could be such an adventure—that adventure, in fact, prevents dementia!’ Dr Sarah Woodbury FRANZCOG

Felix Johnson

Ella Watson Russell

Helena Popovic

Dr Helena Popovic on Dementia

In Search of My Father: Dementia is no match for a daughter’s determination

A meticulous doctor's all-consuming search for the cure to her father's Alzheimer's leads to a discovery she did not expect.

Dementia need not be a disaster or a dread; instead it can be a doorway to creating a smarter brain, stronger body and more fulfilling life.

Moment by moment, our brain is changing in response to everything we do, think, feel and experience. This is known as neuroplasticity. We are not passive victims of our genes, our past or our environment. We play an active role in how our brain develops throughout our life, and it's never too late - or too early - to boost our brain, avert Alzheimer's and defy dementia.

Dr Helena is one of the world's leading experts on improving brain function and she draws on three decades of personal and professional experience to offer a new paradigm for enhancing our brain to enrich our life at every age.

Filled with groundbreaking scientific insights and laugh-out-loud stories of Dad and daughter's adventure with dementia, Dr Helena reveals that education is more powerful than medication and we can all grow bolder rather than older.

This autobiographical page-turner reads like a neuro-thriller and shows how we can age better than we ever imagined.

Ageing is inevitable. Mental decline is not.

What readers will learn:

 • Why brain health needs to be top of mind for everyone
 • How we can change our own brain
 • How to improve memory, focus and creativity
 • What is the best diet and exercise for our brain?
 • What is dementia? What is Alzheimer's?
 • Why is Alzheimer's twice as common in women as in men?
 • How to stay as sharp at age 90 as we were at 30
 • How taking steps NOW will help avoid Alzheimer's

Eleni Schumacher

Can Adventure Prevent Dementia?: A guide to outwitting Alzheimer's

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