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Most of all I find your words comforting in a world where I feel totally alienated.Despite the fact that I have friends with whom I can speak about my tiny shuttered life, it is not the same as speaking to someone who knows about "being the one" and "being abandoned".
--Pamela

Your lines: "Knowing that your loved one is going to forget simple things like how to brush their teeth, how to take a shower, and even how to eat is not a pleasant thought. The actual experience and feeling of helplessness cannot be described"
--were wonderful; I cried when I read them. Sometimes crying is good. It's sad, but it makes me feel something kindred to read what I'm feeling.
--Jessica

This is a powerful and touching story. You are noble both for finding and utilizing these poignantly human strategies that work but also for sharing what you have learned with so many who need what you have to give.
--Anthony

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Bob DeMarco is an Alzheimer's caregiver and editor of the Alzheimer's Reading Room. The Alzheimer's Reading Room is the number one website on the Internet for advice and insight into Alzheimer's disease. Bob taught at the University of Georgia, was an executive at Bear Stearns, the CEO of IP Group, and is a mentor. He has written more than 700 articles with more than 18,000 links on the Internet. Bob resides in Delray Beach, FL.

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