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15 common misconceptions and surprising realities about dementia and Alzheimer's disease
Business Insider via Yahoo News· 1 year agoDementia currently affects about 50 million people in the world.De Visu/Shutterstock There are about...
Hospice care for those with dementia falls far short of meeting people’s needs at the end of life
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMedicare's regulations for enrolling in hospice exclude many dementia patients who need it the most....
For terminal patients, dying in California may get easier
Politico via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSACRAMENTO, California — California could become home to the nation’s most sweeping assisted dying...
I have a terminal illness and I'm fighting my health-insurance company to let me die on my own terms
INSIDER via Yahoo News· 2 years agoShava Nerad told Insider that her son, Joseph, would look after her dog, Wilson, after she took her...
My husband wanted to die at home. California denied him that right | Opinion
Sacramento Bee via Yahoo News· 7 months agoMy husband, Ricardo, and I were lifelong planners. But when we faced our most difficult challenge,...
'In their reality': Polk Museum offers special tours of Rodin exhibit to dementia patients
The Ledger via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCaregivers of people suffering from Alzheimer's disease are often told to "live with them in their...
Most Britons who had assisted deaths in Switzerland were not terminally-ill, study shows
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 2 months agoMost Britons who ended their lives at assisted dying clinics in Switzerland over the last eight...
Available Light explores illness, relationships in area premiere of off-Broadway play
The Columbus Dispatch via Yahoo News· 2 months agoAn unnamed illness brings strangers together in “You Will Get Sick.” For its 18th-season finale,...
Emma Heming Willis Admits She's Struggling As Caregiver For Husband Bruce Willis — 'I'm Not Good'
YourTango via Yahoo News· 10 months agoPhoto: Emma Heming Willis via Instagram / Bruce Willis via Getty Emma Heming Willis has been...
Making peace with dying: How death doulas in Oregon help terminally ill die on their own terms
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 year agoSteve Connelly has mountain-climbed, biked, rafted, surfed, skied and taken on any pulse-quickening...