WITH THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WITH

ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE SOARING IN

THIS COUNTRY, BIG IDEAS AND

BOLD MOVES WILL BE NEEDED TO

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3 CON VARIAS PERSONAS CON LA

GROWING NEED FOR THE QUIET

"BEHIND-THE-SCENES" EFFORTS

THAT ARE SO IMPORTANT TO THE

QUALITY OF LIFE OF ALZHEIMER'S

PATIENTS AND THEIR LOVED ONES.

ENFERMEDAD DEL ALZHEIMER QUE

SE ELEVA EN ESTE PAíS,

ONES.NEW AT NINE - JIM SWIFT

SAYS ONE SUCH PROGRAM IS NOW

LOOKING FOR LOCAL VOLUNTEERS

IDEAS GRANDES Y PACIENTES DE

AS IT REACHES OUT TO HELP.

ATREVIDOS PASOS Y SUS SERES

QUERIDOS.

HELP.

3

NUEVO A LAS 9 JIM SWIFT DICE

QUE UN TAL PROGRAMA BUSCA

WOMAN ASKS, "RALPH, DID YOU

AHORA A VOLUNTARIOS LOCALES

GET SOME COFFEE?"AT FIRST

CUANDO ESTO ALCANZA PARA

AYUDAR.

GLANCE, YOU WOULDN'T NOTICE

333 MUJER PREGUNTA, RALPH,

MUCH OF ANYTHING UNUSUAL ABOUT

THE DOZEN OR SO PEOPLE WHO

COME TOGETHER WEEKLY AT

WESTLAKE HILLS PRESBYTERIAN

CONSIGUIó UD. UN POCO DE

CAFé?

CHURCH.WOMAN ASKS, "WHAT ARE

THE BUILDING BLOCKS OF

WRITING?"BUT WHEN CREATIVE

WRITING INSTRUCTOR NEENA HUSID

A PRIMERA VISTA, UD. NO NOTARíA

LA MAYOR PARTE DE ALGO EXTRAñO

ASKS THESE MEN AND WOMEN TO

SOBRE LA DOCENA Y TANTO DE

PUT PEN TO PAPER IN AN

PERSONAS QUE VIENEN JUNTOS

EXERCISE, IT DOESN'T TAKE LONG

TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S GOING ON

CADA SEMANA A PRESBYTERIAN

HERE.EARLY MEMORY LOSS SUPPORT

CHURCH. DE WESTLAKE HILLS .

LA PéRDIDA TEMPRANA DE LA

MEMORIA APOYA PECO DE KEITH

PARTICIPANT KEITH PECO SAYS,

PARTICIPANTE DICE,

"STEPHANIE AND I SPENT OUR HONEN

HONEYMOON

IN---AND I CAN'T REMEMBER

WHERE."THAT'S WHERE IT ENDS;

STEPHANIE Y YO GASTAMOS NUESTRA

LUNA DE MIEL 3 EN Y NO PUEDO

RECORDAR DONDE.

ES DONDE ESTO SE TERMINA

NO LE DIGA.

DON'T TELL HER."LAUGHTER."PECO

CONTINUES, "I WILL, I WILL GO

HOME AND FIGURE THAT OUT."

OUT."

PROGRAM DIRECTOR ANNA FINGER

" "PECO SIGUE," VOY, YO IRME A

SAYS, "THERE'S STILL A LOT OF

CASA Y ENTENDER ESTO.

STIGMA AROUND THIS DISEASE AND

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID OF IT AND

3 DIRECTOR DE PROGRAMA DEDO DE

ANNA DICE,

SOMETHING, SOMETHING ABOUT

TODAVíA HAY MUCHO ESTIGMA

THESE FOLKS AND THE COURAGE

THAT THEY HAVE TO COME AND

ALREDEDOR DE ESTA ENFERMEDAD Y

DEAL WITH IT EVERY WEEK AND BE

HERE AND MAKE THE COMMITMENT

TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO COPE WITH

LA GENTE TIENE MIEDO DE ELLO Y

ALGO,

SOBRE ESTA GENTE Y EL VALOR QUE

ELLOS TIENEN QUE VENIR Y

THIS PART OF THEIR LIVES WAS

TRATAR CON ELLO CADA SEMANA Y

BE AQUí.

EXTREMELY INSPIRING TO ME."

PROGRAM PARTICIPANT CARL

GOCKLEY SAYS, "GLOVES, GLOVES

Y HAGA EL COMPROMISO DE DECIDIR

WERE IMPORTANT WHEN I WAS

COMO DURAR CON ESTA PARTE DE

GROWING UP."GOCKLEY SAYS "SO

MANY TIMES WHEN I HAVE

ENCOUNTERED PEOPLE AND I

I

SUS VIDAS ERA INSPIRADOR A Mí.

TELL THEM UP FRONT, YOU KNOW,

'I HAVE DEMENTIA,' THEY LOOK

AT ME LIKE I'M SOME KIND OF A

WHACKO AND MAYBE JUST STEPPED

"EL GOCKLEY DICE" TANTAS VECES

CUANDO HE ENCONTRADO A LA

GENTE Y YO 3 LES DIGO EL

FRENTE,

OUT OF A SPACE SHIP."AND I

TELL THEM I'M NOT INSANE, I

JUST HAVE SOME MEMORY TROUBLE."

UD. SABE, 'TENGO LA DEMENCIA,

ELLOS ELLOS ME MIRAN COMO SOY

FOR 74 YEAR-OLD CARL GOCKLEY,

UNOS ALGO UN LUNáTICO Y TAL

VEZ SóLO ANDUVE DE UNA NAVE

THE FREE "MEMORY LOSS SUPPORT"

ESPACIAL.

PROGRAM OFFERED EACH WEEK BY

Y LES DIGO QUE SOY BASTANTE

SANO,

AGE OF CENTRAL TEXAS, IS WHAT

HE CALLS A BLESSING.GOCKELY

SóLO TENGO UN POCO DE PROBLEMA

DE MEMORIA.

PARA CARL DE 74 AñOS GOCKLEY,

LA PéRDIDA LIBRE DE LA MEMORIA

APOYA "EL PROGRAMA OFRECIDO

SAYS, "I GET A CHANCE TO SHARE

CADA SEMANA POR LA EDAD DE

WITHOUT FEELING THAT I'M GOING

TO BE JUDGED OR PUT ON THE

SPOT."HUSID SAYS, "THIS IS HOW

WE UNFOLD OURSELVES. THAT'S

TEXAS CENTRAL,

WHAT YOU'RE DOING WHEN YOU'RE

ES LO QUE éL LLAMA UNA

WRITING; YOU'RE UNFOLDING

BENDICIóN.

ES LO QUE UD. HACE CUANDO USTED

YOURSELF." AGE OF CENTRAL

TEXAS RUNS TWO "EARLY MEMORY

ESCRIBE

LOSS SUPPORT" GROUPS IN AUSTIN

UD. SE DESARROLLA.

AND VOLUNTEERS ARE NEEDED TO

EXPAND THE PROGRAM EVEN MORE.

AND CARL GOCKLEY WANTS

POTENTIAL VOLUNTEERS TO KNOW

THEY WILL BE DOING GOOD AND

LA EDAD DE TEXAS CENTRAL DIRIGE

2 "PéRDIDA TEMPRANA DE GRUPOS

IMPORTANT WORK.GOCKELY SAYS,

DE APOYO DE MEMORIA EN AUSTIN

"EVERYBODY HERE HAS A SIMILAR

Y LOS VOLUNTARIOS SON

NECESARIOS PARA AMPLIAR EL

DIFFICULTY. I FEEL SAFE HERE;

PROGRAMA HASTA MáS.

Y CARL GOCKLEY QUIERE QUE LOS

I FEEL THAT THESE PEOPLE

VOLUNTARIOS DE POTENCIAL SEPAN

UNDERSTAND ME AND HAVE A

ELLOS LA VOLUNTAD HACE EL

TRABAJO BUENO E IMPORTANTE.

SENSE OF BELONGING."I'M SAFE

SIENTO QUE ESTA GENTE ME

HERE IN A VERY GOOD HEALTHY

WAY THAT I DON'T HAVE TO DO

ENTIENDE Y TIENE UN SENTIDO DE

THINGS THAT I'M NOT ABLE TO DO

PERTENENCIA.

ANYMORE."IN WESTLAKE, JIM

ESTOY SEGURO AQUí DE UN MODO

SANO BUENO QUE NO TENGO QUE

SWIFT, KXAN NEWS.

HACER COSAS QUE NO SOY ABLE

PARA HACER MáS.

IF YOU KNOW SOMEONE WHO COULD

BENEFIT FROM THE "EARLY MEMORY

LOSS SUPPORT" PROGRAM OR IF

YOU WOULD LIKE TO VOLUNTEER,

YOU'LL FIND THE INTERNET LINKS

YOU NEED ON OUR WEB SITE.

3 SI UD. CONOCE A ALGUIEN QUE

PODRíA BENEFICIARSE "DE LA

PéRDIDA TEMPRANA DEL PROGRAMA"