I mean, it causes degeneration in many different parts of the brain. SANDEEP JAUHAR: Well, Alzheimer's ravages the brain, as you know. And it's a book I think will help a lot of people. His father was a scientist who ran a wheat genetics lab and was a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. They were allowed in under a new immigration law under the category of scientists and academics of exceptional ability. He was born in India and immigrated to the U.S with his family when he was 8. Jauhar is the director of the heart failure program at Long Island Jewish Medical Center. He says dementia remains the only chronic and widespread medical scourge for which there are no effective treatments. Jauhar also writes about his quest to understand his father's brain and the brains of other patients afflicted with dementia. Jauhar, his sister and his brother, who is also a doctor, disagreed about the best treatment for their parents, including when the time was right for hospice and when to let their father go.ĭr. Jauhar's memoir, "My Father's Brain," is about witnessing his parents' dementia from his perspective as a doctor, a son, sibling and caregiver. It was also his mother, who had a form of dementia caused by Parkinson's disease. It seems like most people know someone who has Alzheimer's or another form of dementia - a grandparent, parent, spouse, partner, friend.
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