Living Through Windows

About Alzheimer's

Profile
Throughout his childhood, Pat Rall remembers taking more than one snowball to the shoulder from his dear old mom... Read more...

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Living Through Windows.. Slideshows

Caregivers
Growing up in Fairbury, Bob Bear wasn’t part of a gang of troublemaking youths, but to his soon-to-be wife, Shirley, it kind of seemed that way...
The Disease
When Dean Gracy would enter a room and forget why or suddenly lose a name he had known for years, he would joke with his adopted daughter, Jill Strong, about her insulation from the horrors of Alzheimer's disease...
The Families
Families dealing with Alzheimer's often miss their loved ones' jokes, their loving touch, their knowing smile. Joann Laue misses her brother, Art, telling her what's wrong with her garage door opener...
Life on Third Phillips
The children of Roger Keeley, all five of them, have a name for themselves when they all go to Third Phillips to visit their father, Roger...
Windows
Throughout her life, Luella Hinrichs had her share of Herculean tasks. At age 14, she had to plan a funeral for her mother and two younger sisters, victims of a car crash...
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