Foreword By Ron Petersen Acknowledgments How to Read This Book A Story about Joe and Ruth: Part One SECTION ONE: WHAT IS MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT AND HOW DOES IT DIFFER FROM TYPICAL AGING? 1. Memory and Aging: The Basics 2. How Memory Typically Changes with Age 3. What is Mild Cognitive Impairment? 4. Clinical Criteria for Mild Cognitive Impairment 5. How Memory Changes in Amnestic Mild Cognitive Impairment SECTION TWO: BEYOND MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT: WHAT IS DEMENTIA? 6. What is Dementia? 7. Alzheimer's Disease 8.
Vascular Dementia 9. Frontotemporal Dementia 10. Dementia of Parkinson's Disease and Lewy Body Disease SECTION THREE: FACTORS THAT AFFECT MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 11. What is a Risk Factor? What is Prevalence? What is Incidence? 12. Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia That Are Not Under Your Control 13. Risk Factors for Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia That Are Under Your Control 14. Sex Differences in Mild Cognitive Impairment: It's Complicated SECTION FOUR: OUTCOMES OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 15. When Mild Cognitive Impairment Stays Stable or Returns to Normal 16.
When Mild Cognitive Impairment Progresses to Dementia SECTION FIVE: GETTING TO A DIAGNOSIS 17. Bringing Your Concerns About Memory Change to Your Family Doctor 18. Cognitive Screening 19. Specialists You May be Referred to 20. Neuropsychological Evaluation SECTION SIX: TREATMENT OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 21. Drug Treatment of Mild Cognitive Impairment 22. Memory Intervention Programs 23. Involvement in Research Studies SECTION SEVEN: PERSONAL MANAGEMENT OF MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 24.
Life as a Person with Mild Cognitive Impairment 25. Life as a Person Close to Someone with Mild Cognitive Impairment 26. Stress Management and Mental Wellness 27. Sleeping Well 28. Making Change for the Better SECTION EIGHT: PRACTICAL CONSIDERATIONS FOR LIVING WITH MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT 29. What About Driving? 30. Planning for Current and Future Support Needs 31. Legal Matters 32.
Resources for Taking Charge of Mild Cognitive Impairment SECTION NINE: MANAGING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT THROUGH HEALTHY EATING AND EXERCISE 33. Healthy Lifestyles: How Do We Know What We Know? 34. How Diet Affects Health 35. Making Sense of the Diet Buzz 36. How to Achieve Healthy Eating Habits 37. Exercise: Jog Your Memory 38. Physical and Cognitive Benefits of Exercise 39. Exercise Your Way to Better Brain Health 40.
Types of Exercise and Activities SECTION TEN: MANAGING MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT THROUGH ENGAGEMENT 41. What is Cognitive Engagement? 42. Benefits of Cognitive Engagement 43. What is Social Engagement? 44. Benefits of Social Engagement: A Good Friend is Good for You 45. Building a More Sociable Lifestyle SECTION ELEVEN: USING MEMORY STRATEGIES 46. An Introduction to Memory Strategies 47. Using a Memory Book 48.
Good Memory Habits 49. Attention as a Memory Strategy 50. Remembering by Thinking About What Something Means 51. Repeat, Repeat, 'e¦ Repeat 52. Using Memory Strategies in Your Everyday Life A Story about Joe and Ruth: Part Two Bibliography Index.