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Award winner Rashi Ranjan of San Jose with her grandmother Pushpam Kusum

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Student writers bring humanity to dementia through essays

An Indian farmer who dearly misses the cows he once tended decades ago and an ocean away. A starlet who sang jingles on the radio...

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Daughter’s life instantly changed with mother’s Parkinson’s diagnosis

by Adrienne Glusman

In 2011, my life was uprooted in an instant. Mom had been diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease the year before. While hearing this diagnosis was scary,...

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I remember the first time I laughed at dementia. I laughed so hard my side hurt.

by Joanne Mason

We’re in the main dining room at the nursing home, my mother and I, listening to the bald, stocky karaoke guy along with dozens of...

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Sen. Mark Warner: I lost my mother to Alzheimer’s. Her memory continues to motivate me.

by Sen. Mark Warner

Like too many Americans, I understand firsthand the devastating impact that Alzheimer’s can have on a family. My mother Marjorie was diagnosed with advanced Alzheimer’s...

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There are 40 million caregivers in the US. How can they seem so invisible?

by Peter Rosenberger

There are more than 40 million caregivers in the United States today. So, how is it that they can seem virtually invisible? How can people...

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This millennial helps other young caregivers find freedom through technology

by Emma Whitford

For anyone newly managing their parents’ finances, trying to understand medical directives, or generally feeling overwhelmed by the responsibilities of caring for a family member,...

Rachel Hiles and her grandmother Barbara Hiles at a cemetery on Memorial Day in 2015, shortly before the fall that would change both their lives forever.

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The day my life changed forever: For this millennial, caregiving comes first now

by Beth Braverman

For Rachel Hiles, May 23, 2015 is marked in her conscious as her own personal day of infamy. That’s the day that her grandmother fell...

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A son’s photographic journey through Alzheimer’s with his dad

by Michael Alison Chandler

Photographer Stephen DiRado’s first art teacher was his father. A professional artist, Gene DiRado showed his son the fundamentals of line drawing and perspective and...