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What does my diagnosis mean?

What does my diagnosis mean?

by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles

By: Phyllis Fehr People often ask: What is the difference between Alzheimer’s disease and Dementia? Dementia is an umbrella term used to describe numerous neuro-cognitive diseases. You may hear people say that they don’t have dementia, they have Alzheimer’s disease,...
Living With Alzheimer’s: A Care Partner’s Perspective

Living With Alzheimer’s: A Care Partner’s Perspective

by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles

By: Joyce Schweyer Our family kept asking, what’s with dad? He shuffles his feet, walks very slow and bent over . . . what’s going on? This was my wake-up call to face the fact that in the last 6 months or more, changes were happening with Doug. I thought: It’s time...
Living with Alzheimer’s

Living with Alzheimer’s

by Dementia Friends in Our Community | Feb 2, 2022 | Newsletter Articles

By: Pastor Doug Schweyer On January 20, 2020, I was diagnosed by a doctor as having the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease. Right away the doctor insisted on taking my driver’s license away. She said I had the right to protest by applying to the Government...
HCoA Newsletter December 2021

HCoA Newsletter December 2021

by coahamilton | Dec 19, 2021 | Newsletter Articles, Newsletters

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