Caring for Your Parents: The Poem

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By Photojournalist John Thain

Story Created: Nov 17, 2012 at 9:36 AM AKDT

Story Updated: Nov 17, 2012 at 9:36 AM AKDT

ANCHORAGE - People who are in the early stages of dementia may fear a time when the words they want to use won't come out, or that people they meet won't know them as the person they once were.

That's why members of an early memory loss group at the Alzheimer’s Resource Center authored a poem called "I Am."

Photojournalist John Thain brings us their words in this edition of Caring for Your Parents.

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