Michael Ellenbogen

From the Corner Office to Alzheimer's Michael Ellenbogen

Publisher Marketing: Imagine having a mysterious illness take over your mind. Over the next 10 years, you try to navigate a health care and social system that is not equipped to address what is happening to you. As you slowly lose your ability to think and remember, you have to try to hide the losses to protect you and your family financially. You encounter doctors who are at best baffled, and order a series of nonspecific, redundant, and uninformative studies. If you want to know what it is like to walk in the shoes of one person with Alzheimer's, read this book, whether you are a patient, care partner, doctor, or other health provider. It is raw and scary, as well as inspiring, given the self-disclosure. As well as describing, sometimes painfully and in harrowing detail, what we are doing wrong, it can tell us a great deal about what we need to do differently going forward.. Every individual with an illness like Alzheimer's deserves a prompt, thorough, empathic, and well-informed evaluation. Every family needs and deserves support. Every reasonable research question should be pursued. At the close of his book, Michael Ellenbogen says that, "I would like to be remembered for influencing change...and helping others." I think that he will be. Pierre N. Tariot, MD Director, Banner Alzheimer's Institute Research Professor of Psychiatry University of Arizona College of Medicine Phoenix, Arizona Contributor Bio:  Ellenbogen, Michael Michael Ellenbogen has spent a lifetime perfecting the techniques he presents in this book. He has always been the "go to" person for friends and family to assist in new car purchases or for help in resolving customer service issues. He began putting his experiences to paper as a reference for his daughter. He soon realized that this information is useful for all consumers. Growing up, he worked with his father in the family business. Working in the information technology field, he has held positions with major insurance and financial institutions, most recently in the role of Network Services Manager. Michael resides with his wife and daughter in Bucks County, Pennsylvania.