The Heart of Caring in the Age of Forgetting is part memoir, part medical reflection, and a personal story about how caring for a loved one with Alzheimer’s transforms not only families, but the meaning of love itself.

When my mother was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease, I had already spent decades practicing medicine. Yet nothing in my education or clinical experience prepared me for the emotional, relational, and spiritual realities of caregiving.

Like countless family caregivers, I faced unfamiliar territory marked by constant change, limited support, and few answers. I realized that the biggest challenge wasn’t just caring for my mother; it was learning to address our shared vulnerability with compassion, awareness, resilience, and engagement.

This book is the story of that journey. It is an honest account of loss and transformation, woven together with medical insight and practical wisdom for anyone walking the caregiving path.

Whether you’re caring for a loved one, planning ahead, or exploring the human experience, I invite you to join me. Together, we can see that love, connection, and compassion persist even as memory fades.