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John Hyman's avatar

You have to be a saint to take care of an Alzheimer's patient. My Dad had Alzheimer's. It is completely devastating to the care givers. I didn't take on that work load but I visited often.

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Yes. For the big things in life there is before, and after. Until you become a parent, you know nothing meaningful about yourself. Until you lose someone important to you, you know nothing about loss. Doesn't matter how many people you thought you comforted in their bereavements--you didn't have a clue.

You've spoken up here, I think, for a lot of people who don't have the reach to make these terrible things you describe in this piece understood by everyone who needs to think about them.

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