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A Loving Through Dementia support group meets in Sheila Welch's Marietta home.

Hope & Inspiration Caregivers Get a Boost With Support, Education BY VICKI E. DAVIS

Sheila Welch with her mother, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer’s.

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AROUND ACWORTH | September 2020

During the nine years I was a caregiver for my mother, who had Alzheimer’s, I sought information from friends, the staff of the assisted living facility where she resided, and a book, “The 36-Hour Day.” I needed to know how to better love Mom through Alzheimer’s.


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