“Shawn says Jo asked him to promise he would never let him go into a nursing home, that he would help him find some way to end his life on his own terms.”
Alzheimer’s Disease
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He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.
“Nelson Cruz’s family was so sure Judge ShawnDya Simpson would free him, they brought a change of clothes to his hearing. Then everything took an unexpected turn. Can justice ever be sorted out?”
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On Vanishing
Dementia is a kind of erasure, a death before death, where the living discount the infirmed long before they’re gone.
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Hello, Forgetfulness; Hello, Mother
Peering into the mirror of her mother, Marcia Aldrich wonders whether she too is sentenced to dementia.
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A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl
In this personal essay from our Fine Lines series, Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.
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A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl
Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.
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A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl
Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.
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The “Maddening Labyrinth” Aging NFL Players Face for Dementia Compensation
George Andrie’s daughter, Mary Brooks, is speaking out against the NFL’s slipshod settlement claims process.
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When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
A personal essay in which Marlene Adelstein looks a her obsession with an orphaned sea otter and realizes it’s helping her process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.
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When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles
An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.