The other day, my social services team at the Alzheimer's Foundation of America (AFA) heard from a Floridian in search of services for her husband who has Alzheimer's disease. He is bed-bound and on intravenous medications, and she is concerned - probably frightened is more appropriate - about not having a generator and other essentials as the hurricane season approaches. Her issue: the couple lives on social security, which, she said, "isn't much."
My team also heard from a woman up north...
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