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Alzheimer’s Disease

Posted inQuotes

Alzheimer’s Before Forty

by Carolyn Wells December 22, 2020October 17, 2022

“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.”

Posted inEditor's Pick

He’d Waited Decades to Argue His Innocence. Nobody Knew She Suffered from Alzheimer’s.

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands October 12, 2020October 19, 2022

“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?”

Posted inNonfiction

On Vanishing

by Longreads April 14, 2020December 9, 2022

Dementia is a kind of erasure, a death before death, where the living discount the infirmed long before they’re gone.

Posted inNonfiction

Hello, Forgetfulness; Hello, Mother

by Max October 2, 2019January 20, 2023

Peering into the mirror of her mother, Marcia Aldrich wonders whether she too is sentenced to dementia.

Posted inEditor's Pick

A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl

by Sari Botton December 26, 2018October 19, 2022

In this personal essay from our Fine Lines series, Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl

by Marlene Adelstein December 26, 2018October 19, 2022

Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story

A Portrait of the Mother as a Young Girl

by Marlene Adelstein December 26, 2018October 19, 2022

Marlene Adelstein finds herself transported back in time and consciousness via an inherited painting.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quotes

The “Maddening Labyrinth” Aging NFL Players Face for Dementia Compensation

by Krista Stevens May 11, 2018October 19, 2022

George Andrie’s daughter, Mary Brooks, is speaking out against the NFL’s slipshod settlement claims process.

Posted inEditor's Pick

When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles

by Sari Botton November 3, 2017October 19, 2022

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.

Posted inEditor's Pick, Essays & Criticism, Nonfiction

When a Mother and Daughter Reverse Roles

by Marlene Adelstein November 3, 2017October 19, 2022

An obsession with an orphaned sea otter helps Marlene Adelstein process her grief over her Alzheimers-afflicted mom.

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