TREATING DEMENTIA, BUT OVERLOOKING ITS PHYSICAL TOLL


	TREATING DEMENTIA, BUT OVERLOOKING ITS PHYSICAL TOLL

ellington

10-20-2009 11:55 PM

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dementia, memories, illness

ellington says:

DEMENTIA IS OFTEN VIEWED AS A DISEASE OF THE MIND,AN ILLNESS THAT ERASES TREASURED MEMORIES BUT LEAVES THE BODY INTACT.

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10-21-2009 1:58 AM

chestnut501

This is a tough one. These are the things we don't want to know about until it's too late to get prepared for them.

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