Paula Spencer Scott

Paula Spencer Scott is a health and family-life specialist: self care, eldercare, babycare. She's the author of Surviving Alzheimer's: Practical Tips and Soul-Saving Wisdom for Caregivers. Her other books include Momfidence and a series of interactive journals for Peter Pauper Press: Pregnancy Journal, An Oral History: Preserve Your Family's Story, Mother and Son, and Like Mother, Like Daughter: A Discovery Journal for the Two of Us (written with her daughter, Page).

Scott has been a columnist for Woman's Day, a contributing editor of Caring.com, WebMD, Parenting, and BabyTalk, and a fellow of the Gerontological Society of America journalists-in-aging program. Relevant family history: She and her husband have six kids, and five close family members had dementia. See survivingalz.net and paulaspencerscott.com.

Books she's co-authored with doctors include Dr. Leslie Kernisan's When Your Aging Parent Needs Help, Dr. Harvey Karp's The Happiest Toddler on the Block, The V Book, and Bright From the Start. She was a consulting editor for The BabyCenter Guide to Your Baby's First Year and wrote a 3-book series for Parenting Magazine. Her articles have also appeared in Parade, Next Avenue, AARP, Reader's Digest, Health, and other national media.