Obama administration drafts Alzheimer's plan; Caregivers urge help to stay afloat

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The Associated Press/Washington Post: Aging America: Caregivers Urge Action As Obama Administration Drafts National Alzheimer's Plan
As her mother's Alzheimer's worsened over eight long years, so did Doreen Alfaro's bills: The walker, then the wheelchair, then the hospital bed, then the diapers -; and the caregivers hired for more and more hours a day so Alfaro could go to work and her elderly father could get some rest (9/12

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