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Alzheimers Association joins Coalition for Aging LGBT for session on symptoms of and caring for those with dementia
DAVID TAFFET | Senior Staff Writer
I thought the main sign of Alzheimer’s Disease was simply loss of memory and inability to recognize those around them. But my father had Alzheimer’s, and he knew who I was until the morning he died.
I noticed something was wrong one day as we were driving from his home in Delray Beach, Fla., toward I-95 to go to Miami Beach, about 60 miles south. As we got on the interstate, my father got more nervous, and when we left Palm Beach County and entered Broward, he was almost in a panic. But once we were in Dade County, he started calming down.