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Dementia & facing own death

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Dancing with Elephants: Mindfulness Training for Those Living with Dementia, Chronic Illness, or an Aging Brain

When he was diagnosed with Huntington’s Disease, author Jarem Sawatsky found no guidebooks for those living with an incurable illness.

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The Last Day of Her Life

Sandy Bem, a Cornell psychology professor one month shy of her 65th birthday, was alone in her bedroom one night in May 2009, watching an HBO documentary called “The Alzheimer’s Project.”

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How a Doctor Brought Life Back to a Nursing Home Where People Were Dying

In his new book ‘Being Mortal,’ surgeon and author Atul Gawande tells the miraculous story of a menagerie that gave sick people a reason to live.

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