Alzheimer's is not the long goodbye, it is the new Hello. Shriver talks about the "mind blowing' disease...Alzheimer's Reading Room
When her father, Sargent Shriver, was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease in 2003, Maria became one of the nation's leading advocates for families struggling with this “mind-blowing” disease.
“Grandpa, Do you Know Who I Am?” was honored by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for exemplifying “television with a conscience” and was based on Shriver’s best-selling children’s book dealing with Alzheimer’s.
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Bob DeMarco is the Founder of the Alzheimer's Reading Room and an Alzheimer's caregiver. The blog contains more than 2,680 articles with more than 512,100 links on the Internet. Bob lives in Delray Beach, FL.
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