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The harrowing new reality for Alzheimer’s patients
From Vox: Alzheimer’s disease is, among all the ailments that afflict humanity, perhaps the most terrifying: a disease that robs a person of their identity and...
The Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania operates one of the country’s few centers designed to ease stress and to show compassion for caregivers with loved ones in the hospital. “In some ways, it’s really a significant statement of who we are,” says Mary Walton, director of the Family Caregiver Center.
Barb Harnly was exhausted. “It’s a tough job, it really is,” she says. “And I don’t know that you can ever really prepare for it.” Harnly is referring to the job of a...