Casual Fridays are a series of real stories about people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. They are positive, slightly sad but enlightening. I want to show that you can still have intimate personal connections with people with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Additionally, I hope that readers can relate them to their own experiences. While some of these [...]
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Casual Fridays: Shining light on Alzheimer’s and Dementia – “Distinguishable Gentlemen”
June 22nd, 2012 
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Tags: alcohol abuse, Alzheimer's and dementia, brain damage, Carlos Barrios, Casual Fridays, Colorado, Distinguishable Gentlemen, Founder of Endear for Alzheimer's, nurse’s assistant, nursing homes, personality, real stories, relationship with Alzheimer's, residential communities, self-induced 
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What Exactly Causes Decreased Cognition in Our Veterans?
April 27th, 2012 admin He was a 27-year-old former Marine, struggling to adjust to civilian life after two tours in Iraq. Once an A student, he now found himself unable to remember conversations, dates and routine bits of daily life. He became irritable, snapped at his children and withdrew from his family. He and his wife began divorce proceedings. [...]
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