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68Caregiving and Frontal Temporal Dementia
Experiencing the "long good-bye" while caring for an ailing parent slowly dying of dementia is extremely trying, but possibly the most wonderful and meaningful thing you can do for your parent during their...
62Fighting Off Dementia
My mother, age 64, has a particularly horrid type of dementia called Frontal Temporal Dementia (FTD) or Pick's Disease. Her particular variant involves Primary Progressive Aphasia (PPA). This disease is not...
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61Strange Disease, Jon’s True Story
I lost my son to Pick’s disease a few years ago. Pick’s disease is a strange and hideous brain disorder. He was a young man when he passed. Pick’s disease is a rare and irreversible form of dementia....
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71What is dementia?
(Excerpted from the upcoming book, "Who Stole My Mother? An insider's view of dementia") The word ‘dementia’ comes from a Latin root word of ‘mens’ which means the mind. The term mens was used...
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