John Leland is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit

John is participating in the Caregiver Smile Summit.

John is a reporter at the New York Times, where he wrote a year-long series following six people age 85 and up, which became the basis for his new book, “Happiness Is a Choice You Make: Lessons from a Year among the Oldest Old,” a New York Times bestseller. Before joining the Times in 2000, he was a senior editor at Newsweek and editor-in-chief of Details magazine.

He is the author of two previous books: “Hip: The History” and “Why Kerouac Matters.”

His topic is: Happiness is a Choice You Make – Lessons from a Year Among the Oldest Old

Find out more about the Caregiver Smile Summit – www.caregiversummit.org