‘Please know you’re not alone’: For dementia caregivers, a place to share with strangers — and be honest

(By Megan Thielking for STAT)

Barbara Metcalf and Mary Smallwood live 826 miles apart. They’ve never met in person. If not for a chance interaction on Facebook, they would have stayed strangers. But for months, the two women talked nearly every day, swapping stories and venting about their husbands, who both have dementia.  Continue reading article here…

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