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Sam Thompson reflects on “Spending Down.” Watching health care eat up life savings in America.

By Sam Thompson On January 16, 2011 · 1 Comment

For the past four years, I have acted on my mother’s behalf. I remember the day she signed the first Durable Power of Attorney naming me her representative. I remember the last day she drove. There have been a lot of last days.

Mom has Alzheimer’s disease, as did her mother, and her [...]

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Ronald Reagan had Alzheimer’s while serving as President. Who would have guessed?

By admin On January 15, 2011 · 1 Comment

Son suggests Reagan had Alzheimer’s as president

Sat Jan 15, 7:12 am ET

NEW YORK – Ronald Reagan’s son suggests in a new book that his father suffered from the beginning stages of Alzheimer’s disease while he was still in the White House.

The memoir quotes excerpts from Ron Reagan’s book “My Father at 100,” published by [...]

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