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Alzheimers: Caregiving, Seven Years Later

Joan Sutton | Posted 03.11.2013 | Canada Living
Read More: Alzheimer's Disease, Wife, Stroke, Meaning of Life, End of Life, Soul, Hospital Stay, Heart Attack, Caregivers, Caregiving for Alzheimers, Canada Living News
Joan Sutton

2012-09-11-Alzheimersbanner2.png This month, my husband and I enter the seventh year of living with Alzheimer's (AD). The past seven years have been years of learning, of facing the inevitability of age, and what aging means, of stretching myself to accept new responsibilities. I am no longer the only caregiver.

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Alzheimer's Affects Your Past, Present and Future

Joan Sutton | Posted 11.24.2012 | Canada Living
Read More: Memory, Alzheimers Disease, Soul, Stages of Alzheimer's, Living With Alzheimer's, Relearning With Alzheimer's, Memory Loss, Spouse With Alzheimer's, Canada Living News
Joan Sutton

2012-09-11-Alzheimersbanner2.png Memory is not just our past -- it is also our present. Memory tells us how to send an email, how to get from here to there, to put on our underpants before our outerwear, how to use a knife and fork, even how to swallow. Memory is the ON button for every function we take for granted. That is the mystery that surrounds every Alzheimer's patient. How much are they aware of what they are losing?

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