As many as 5.4 million Americans are living with Alzheimer's disease. That number includes my mother-in-law, who started showing signs of the disease in 2007. Standing beside all those living with Alzheimer's are more than 15 million family members and friends who provide them with care and everyday support. That ... continue reading
Slowly, the memories of Vivian VanWinkle’s life are slipping away. She doesn’t recall the year her husband, Thomas “Rip” VanWinkle, died. She remembers growing up in the bottoms outside of Pocahontas, Ark. “I wasn’t a hillbilly though,” she said. Instead, Vivian’s family lived on the flat, sandy ground down from ... continue reading
After struggling with Alzheimer’s disease for several years, Phyllis Hooker died in her husband’s arms last year on her 70th birthday. At a town hall meeting Thursday night on the impacts of the disease, Charlie Hooker told of how his beautiful wife of 52 years was so afflicted at the ... continue reading
Shirley McQueary took 12 years to die of Alzheimer’s, but her husband died first.
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Alzheimer’s disease tough on Missouri caregivers
Five years after Harlan Snow’s Alzheimer’s diagnosis, his wife Joy Snow has watched what she calls the “slow, depressing process” of seeing her husband withdraw into a different world.
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Symphony devotes month to Alzheimer’s patients