Are You Really Listening? by Bernice Simpson is a poignant memoir that delves into end-of-life care from a nurse's perspective. It provides a deeper and more personal understanding of the emotional complexities during a patient's final days. The author shares her experience of losing her...

In her memoir After the Crash, Kelly Tuttle recounts her experiences with a traumatic brain injury (TBI) following a car accident, laying out the initial unawareness of its severity and the subsequent challenges she faced, including memory loss, emotional instability, and cognitive fatigue. She speaks...

True Confessions of an Ambivalent Caregiver is a collection of essays by Cindy Eastman. The desire to commiserate with other caregivers and make people aware of the growing need for resources for older people and their families motivated the author to write these essays. Eastman...

Mind Out of Time is a different, positive approach to dementia care by Jeanne E McElvaney. The author's husband, Jim, developed dementia, but McElvaney decided to look at the disease with a spiritual, physics-based mindset, veering away from Western medicine. Journaling her experiences, McElvaney details...

A shortage of nurses is imminent in New York based on current and projected data, which show a shortage of more than thirty-nine thousand registered nurses by 2030, according to the New York State Department of Health. Solutions to Nursing Shortage in New York by...

Tia Warrick’s Burst the Bubble explores clinical research, offering a well-rounded and highly practical guide for those aspiring to enter or expand their horizons within the pharmaceutical industry. Warrick balances educational content with advice, making this book a solid resource for anyone curious about clinical...

Mental Illness: MI Doesn’t Look Like ME by Susie L. Landown-Clarke chronicles the author's harrowing struggle with complex mental illnesses. Facing emotional turmoil, PTSD, anxiety, and depression, she describes how these disorders eroded her mental health and led her to the brink of suicide. Through...

My ValHalla: Angels Are No Strangers to Chains by Celia LaVon Belt is a must-read memoir about a strong woman who is also a widow, a brain injury survivor, a burn survivor, and an abuse survivor. Celia Belt tells what she endured between 2022 and...

Jaime Reyes shares his stories and others about auto resuscitation in his book, The Lazarus Syndrome. From infancy to older age, Reyes experienced the phenomenon many times during his life. He details the incidents and discusses other, similar situations where those thought to have died...

Mind Your Movement: Six Essential Physical and Mental Tools To Stay Active As You Age by Laura V. Dow removes the anxiety and fear of exercising, gyms, and people’s opinions in the most uplifting way. The author has written a book that is easy to...