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September 21, 2016
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Woman honors her mother by fighting Alzheimer’s disease for future generations
Judy Steed’s mother, Marilyn, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s in her late 60s, and died with the disease a year ago at 82. Judy is now in her mid-60s; after what happened to her mother, she doesn’t want anyone else to have to go through the same experience. She’s participating in the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s® to honor her mother and to raise funds and awareness to fight this devastating disease.

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Hospice care may be right for someone with Alzheimer’s
Hospice care focuses on comfort and dignity at the end of life. Rather than providing treatment, the primary purpose of hospice care is to manage pain and other symptoms. It involves care and support services that can be of great benefit to people in the final stages of Alzheimer’s disease and their families.
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Couple lives with Alzheimer’s disease hand in hand
Married for nearly seven decades, Eloise and Ward Hill both have Alzheimer’s. Hoping to show the day-to-day lives of people living with Alzheimer’s, a photographer documented the time the couple spends together in a memory care facility as they face the disease.
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