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Fighting Back: People with Alzheimer’s and Their Caregivers Face a Battle

One of the most heartbreaking aspects of Alzheimer’s disease is the feeling of helplessness that can overtake the lives of people diagnosed with the disease and those who love them.  Alzheimer’s disease cannot be prevented or cured at this time. Lifestyle changes and some medications may help some people stave off the destruction of the disease for a time, but in the end, the disease wins.

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When Visiting a Loved One In Senior Housing Notice Vibes

Have you ever entered someone's home and felt good things about it even if it's cluttered or decorated in a way you find tacky? Most of us have done so. We find that a home can have an aura of happiness or lightness about it and we feel comfortable. Conversely, have you walked into a different home, yet felt the air was heavy and burdensome? Perhaps unhappiness or even abuse has affected the very walls of the home. Anyway, there's often something in a home's atmosphere that can affect us even before we really know the occupants.

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