The Alzheimer’s Association – Western Carolina Chapter, in partnership with the Gaston Alzheimer’s Community, will be hosting the Gaston Caregiver Fair in April. This caregiver resource event will will include exhibits by local businesses and organizations serving the Gaston County area that offer resources for caregivers and area residents. Light refreshments will also be served […]
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Call it happenstance or serendipity, but Michelle Mills’ journey within the realm of Alzheimer’s disease unknowingly began over ten years ago when she took a position as a caregiver through Home Instead, a company that provides home care services. “I needed to make some extra money as I was between jobs and am the type […]
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Some of North Carolinian Wendy Russell’s earliest memories involve her mama Gwendolyn in the kitchen. “When we were preschoolers, every Easter she would bake this rabbit cake with jelly beans for eyes, black licorice candy for whiskers and a white coconut body,” remembers Wendy. She also baked cinnamon rolls from scratch that would be requested […]
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