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Apr 30, 2021
KOKOMO Susan Albers is tired of dancing around the issue, and Reilly Huelsmann said compassion training is needed.
Albers, executive director of Bloom at Kokomo Senior Living, and Huelsmann, Alzheimer’s Association Greater Indiana Chapter program manager, are among those working to bring awareness and understanding about dementia.
Training should be available to everyone, from frontline workers and public officials, to families of those diagnosed with the disease, according to Albers.
“It’s such a mysterious disease that people don’t know how to respond,” she said. “There is a ton of denial, but it needs to be addressed. It doesn’t have to be some big, scary disease. It needs to be faced.”