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Tag: Duke Aging Center’s Family Support Program

A docent helps group members as they make collages during one of their days out at the Nasher.
Posted inAging, Chronic Disease, Featured, Mental Health

Memories and Art Mix for Dementia Patients at the Nasher

by Rose Hoban September 9, 2016January 28, 2018

A monthly program gives people coping with memory loss a day of friendship and stimulation. By Rose Hoban Stephanie Kahn stands in front of a painting splashed with primary colors and talks to about two dozen older adults sitting on folding chairs in a gallery of the Nasher Museum of Art on the Duke University […]

Chuck Barbour in 1996, before the move to his and Jeannette's new Durham home where they would live together until Chuck was placed in an assisted living facility in 2009.
Posted inFeatured, Long Term Care, Medicare

Alzheimer’s On The Mind – Changing Roles

by Correspondent August 22, 2012November 17, 2021
Bill and Joan McCormick at home in Hillsborough, 2011. Photo by Michelle Cerulli.
Posted inFeatured, Long Term Care, Medicare

Alzheimer’s On The Mind – Everybody Has Their Limits

by Correspondent August 20, 2012November 17, 2021
Joan and Bill McCormick on the beach in Hawaii, in 2009, several years after Bill's Alzheimer's diagnosis. Photo courtesy the McCormick family.
Posted inFeatured, Long Term Care, Medicare

Alzheimer’s On The Mind – Memory Loss Creeps In

by Correspondent August 13, 2012November 17, 2021

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