Posts Tagged ‘dementia’
Sandra Day O’Connor Battles Dementia
Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor, 88, released a statement yesterday announcing that physicians have diagnosed her with the early stages of dementia, probably Alzheimer’s disease and the progression of the dementia is forcing her to retire from public life Appointed by President Ronald Reagan in 1981, O’Connor was the first woman to serve…
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Federal Grant Supports Rhode Islanders with Dementia and Family Caregivers
Rhode Island Division of Elderly Affairs (RIDEA) announces that it was one of 22 communities across the country that was awarded a highly competitive grant to continue the agency’s continued support of community-based services for older adults and their family caregivers. The $789,000 federal grant from the Alzheimer’s Disease Programs Initiative by the Administration for…
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