Tom keane | globe magazine I wrote about losing my wife to younger-onset Alzheimer’s. This is what helped me feel less alone
Earlier this year, I recounted in the magazine the journey of my wife, Laurie, through what’s called younger-onset Alzheimer’s — when the disease strikes someone under 65 — a journey that began with her diagnosis at age 56 and ended seven years later with her death, in March 2019.
People who had also lost loved ones to dementia wrote to me in droves, showing me the importance of community. The fear, heartbreak, and even despair they described reminded me of my own reactions as, bit by bit, Alzheimer’s took my wife. But in an odd way, hearing from them was gratifying, too.
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