Two Mothers Remembered
POEM: Moving poetry about mothers, dementia and powerful love.
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- Joann Snow Duncanson
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P. Berger
Caring for, lecturing and writing about dementias such as Alzheimer's, I work to preserve the dignity of people affected by one of the greater challenges of our generation.
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Welcome. About this Site.
This site was inspired by my Mom’s autoimmune dementia.
It is a place where we separate out the wheat from the chafe, the important articles & videos from each week’s river of news. Google gets a new post on Alzheimer’s or dementia every 7 minutes. That can overwhelm anyone looking for help. This site filters out, focuses on and offers only the best information. it has helped hundreds of thousands of people since it debuted in 2007. Thanks to our many subscribers for your supportive feedback.
The site is dedicated to all those preserving the dignity of the community of people living with dementia.
Peter Berger, Editor
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After years if being our strength my mom developed Alzheimers. I took care of her six years before God took her home. She became my child and I her mom. To this day I can't help but remember both moms. This was very beautiful and gave me wonderful memories
This is true of many of our loved ones not just our Mother's God give us strength to continue being patient and loving to our loved ones in a no matter what the conditions. Love this poem.