Man finds his mother despite her being lost to Alzheimer’s disease

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July 15, 2015
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Man finds his mother despite her being lost to Alzheimer’s disease
More than 5 million Americans and their 15 million unpaid caregivers are affected by Alzheimer’s, the only disease among the top 10 causes of death in the United States that cannot be prevent, cured or even slowed. But one man writes that while his mother’s Alzheimer’s is devastatingly sad, there’s an interesting and welcome side effect: She’s often more fun to be around.

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