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Watching a Loved One Sink into Alzheimer's, Dementia Can Be Harrowing

USA Today, 6/28/07

Abstract:

Barbara Center has raised four children, but now, at 59, she's helping care for her mother, who has Alzheimer's...

...Center is one of 10 million Americans who struggle with the task of caring for a relative with Alzheimer's or some other form of dementia, according to the Chicago-based Alzheimer's Association.

Family caregivers help out with household chores and perform all kinds of services, including personal care. One in four caregivers have the equivalent of a full-time unpaid job: They're spending at least 40 hours a week providing services to a loved on, the association says.

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