Alzheimer's Piecing Back Memory

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I sat there in silence not knowing how to react. My friend had always seemed so put together but actually had a distressing secret biting at her soul. How would you react if your best friend revealed to you that her grandmother had an incurable disease: Alzheimer’s? I knew almost nothing about this disease and felt useless giving false hope. I thought it would take years before I could find the right words to console her, but actually, I took action from that moment. Looking for a way to extend the time families had with their loved ones before the pain of Alzheimer’s took over, I became a co-head of my friend’s newly founded organization, Piecing Back Memory (PBM), that strived to help seniors fight this disease and dementia. After doing

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