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3 Things I Wish I’d Known When I Became a Caregiver…

BlogBy Diana SharkJanuary 14, 2022

By Kathy Montero PART ONE: Several years ago, when our youngest child was only 3, my husband and I found ourselves suddenly responsible for caring for all four of our aging parents within a 6-month period.  Each of us had a parent with ‘yet to be diagnosed’ Alzheimer’s Disease and when the other parental half…

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