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The Chapter invites you to read touching (and sometimes inspiring) real life stories by Alzheimer's disease caregivers. Please contact Cindy Elliott at 703-359-4440 or toll-free 1-800-272-3900 if you would like to submit an essay, poem, photo or illustration. Coping with Alzheimer's Disease: A Local Family's Story By Paula F. Penson You Are the Mother Now By D. McKee Where Are You? By Arthur Schiff The "A" Ward By R. S. Carlson Please Take a Hike By Jerry Ham The Caregiver's Creed By Paul A. Schratwieser A Birthday Wish Come True By Denise Cooper Portrait of a Gentle-Man By Marsha Smith What We Value Most by Edyth Ann Knox A Room Full of Tears by Jerry Ham The Day by Christine Cullen Lessons I Have Learned by Daniel Paris A Man's View of Caregiving by Frank Martin Remember Me by Kenneth Chafin Looking Back: Autopsy, a Personal Account by Ginnie Apperson Words of Wisdom by Charmaine Kershaw Quiet Dignity by Gail L. Kelley Subscribe to our E-Newsletter! © 1997 - 2005 Alzheimer's Association, National Capital Area. All rights reserved. 703-359-4440 or toll-free 1-800-272-3900