Recently, I received an email from a man telling me that he'd searched the Web and wasn't finding information about elderly people, particularly those with dementia and alcoholism. Finally, he found me, because I've written about the issue a couple of times. He told me some specifics and I thought it was an interesting case. I was able to give him some clues and hopefully things are working out a little better for him. I know he was relieved to talk about it.
The man's father has Alzheimer's...
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