Mary A. Languirand received her PhD in clinical psychology from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1987, and completed a year-long internship in clinical geropsychology at the R. H. Hutchings Psychiatric Center in Syracuse, NY. Languirand co-authored The Thinking Skills Workbook (Charles C. Thomas, 1980, 1984, 2000), and co-authored (with Robert Bornstein) When Someone You Love Needs Nursing Home Care (Newmarket Press, 2001) and Healthy Dependency (Newmarket Press, 2002).