LLL: Living with an Aging Brain: A Survival Guide

Living with an Aging Brain: A Survival Guide
Presentation by Dr. Charles H. Edwards, Memory & Movement Charlotte

Dr. Edwards will explore themes of adaptation and growth as our brains change, and how to embrace those changes with positivity and flexibility. A masterful storyteller, Dr. Edwards blends his own experience with stories of patients and the scientific context for cognitive changes with a healthy dose of humor.  After 30 years as a cardiovascular surgeon, Dr. Edwards developed a tremor in his hand that compelled him to embrace a different medical specialty. Deeply affected by caring for his parents, both of whom had dementia, he completed dementia care training at Johns Hopkins Medical Institute in Baltimore and returned to establish MMC in 2013.

He is is the founding physician of Memory & Movement Charlotte. The non-profit medical practice treats patients with Alzheimer's, Parkinson's and related disorders – and also treats their caregivers. The practice develops a care plan for each family that includes clinical treatment, education and emotional support – and a commitment to providing the time and attention required to navigate every step of the complex journey ahead.

He is the author of Much Abides: A Survival Guide for Aging Lives. His book offers a fresh look at aging, stressing the factors that either enhance successful aging or undermine it and encourages seniors to fill the last chapter of their story with passion and purpose.  https://www.mmclt.org/much-abides/

A Charlotte native, Edwards graduated from the University of Virginia and UNC School of Medicine and did his residency in surgery at Duke University Medical Center. He and wife, Mary, have three children and eight grandchildren. Away from work, he loves to paint, fish and play golf