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alzheimer’s disease

Living On Pluto With Dementia

Investigative journalist Greg O'Brien used the codeword 'Pluto' with his anonymous sources for years. Now, he uses it in his writing to refer to his battle with Alzheimer's.

Ask Ada: My Mother With Dementia Thinks I Abandoned Her

Ask Ada

Plus: how to help a person sliding into depression after a breakup.

Warding Off Alzheimer’s With Tumeric And Brain Games

Vanessa G. Ahern

When my mother was 59, she started experiencing the first symptoms of dementia. Now nearing 50 myself, I'll try anything to stave off the same fate.

How To Help A Loved One With Dementia

Josh Andrew

Lori La Bey, founder of Alzheimer's Speaks, explains why we shouldn't try to capture the people we love in a freeze-frame, even at the end of their lives.

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