Art Therapy and the Life of an Alzheimer's Patient

Lester Potts had never painted a picture prior to his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In the words of his son, "a miracle occurred"...

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When Lester Potts began succumbing to Alzheimer's disease at age 70, the changes in his demeanor hit his family "like a cyclone," his son Daniel recalls. In some ways the situation was especially hard on the younger Potts because he is a neurologist, and he blamed himself for not spotting the disease sooner: "I thought myself a poor excuse for a dementia doctor and inadequate as a son." Read more at www.alzheimersreadingroom.com

 

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