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How to grieve someone who is present but absent

It's been a year since my wife's Alzheimer's took away her recognition of me, and I don't know if I'm mourning someone who's still alive or learning to love a stranger who shares her face.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Diseases that erase personality and memory create a unique form of loss that defies the clear boundaries between life and death.

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