Opinion

America’s Message to Families With Loved Ones Suffering From Dementia: You’re on Your Own

IT GETS SO MUCH WORSE

I thought I knew all about the absurdity and sadism of the U.S. health-care system. Then I fell in love with a man whose wife has Alzheimer’s.

Deborah Copaken
Deborah Copaken
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