A colleague from work called me recently about some projects which we were working on. During our conversation, she seemed a little distracted, and soon I discovered why: she had just received word that her mother had been diagnosed with dementia.
Our phone conversation caused me to flash back to the feelings I had when I first found out that Mom had Alzheimer’s disease. At that point in 2005, I had thought Mom’s major health issues were her advanced stage of Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary...
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Source: Medifocus Guidebook on: Alzheimer's Disease
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The Alzheimer’s Foundation of America (AFA) released the findings of their I CAN: Investigating Caregivers' Attitudes and Needs survey. The survey... Read more »
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