We are One ALZ Family

“Family means no one gets left behind or forgotten” is a saying first coined by American actor David Ogden Stiers, aka Major Charles Winchester of the popular 1970s-80s TV series M*A*S*H, but is a motto that Andrea Moore, life enrichment director for Trinity Living Center (TLC) lives by both personally and professionally. Based in Salisbury, […]

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A Wife’s Dedication Through Love and Loss

“Dealing with dementia was like a glove fitting my hand perfectly,” begins Angela Simpson of Kannapolis, North Carolina. “My profession as an activity director with Morningside of Concord at the time coupled with caring for my grandparents — who had three different types of dementia — 15 years ago, evoked my sense of passion for […]

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Lessons in Dignity

“Dignity is as essential to human life as water, food, and oxygen. The stubborn retention of it, even in the face of extreme physical hardship, can hold a man’s soul in his body long past the point at which the body should have surrendered it.” Laura Hillenbrand “Dad was one of the most selfless people […]

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Daughter Walks to the Tune of Her Mother’s Fight Song

“My mother, Mary Thomas, was my idol.  She was my best friend,” begins daughter Yvonne Young of Concord, North Carolina.  “She always had this saying, ‘If death wanted to come and get her, it would have to catch up to her, and then he would have to fight her.’ She wasn’t going down without a […]

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