Complicated Family Dynamics, Old Wounds Can Often Turn Decisions About Loved Ones With Dementia Contentious

A few recent celebrity cases have highlighted how making decisions over a loved one with dementia can be emotionally fraught. "We find there’s a lot of conflict,” said Ruth Drew, director of information and support services for the Alzheimer’s Association. “Often times, there are old family dynamics that are emerging. Old stressors and old wounds that people thought were put to rest a long time ago.” In other public health news: decoding genomes, herbicide, violence against Native American women, the cerebellum, breast-feeding, and more.

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