When WCBS radio anchor Mary Ellen Geist left her high-powered job in New York City to return home to Michigan to care for her father who was living with Alzheimer’s, it was a decision to live life by a totally different set of priorities. Geist would now measure her life by the fullness of her heart, not by outside recognition. Through her own story and through interviews with doctors and others who have left a job to care for an aging parent, Geist offers emotional insights on how to encourage interaction with the loved one you’re caring for; how the personality of the patient affects the caregiving and the progression of the disease; as well as invaluable advice on how readers can take care of themselves while accomplishing the Herculean task of caregiving for others.

Well-loved WCBS radio anchor Mary Ellen Geist shares her amazing story that will inspire thousands of people taking care of aging parents as she shares her experience on leaving a high-powered job to take care of her father suffering from Alzheimer’s.