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Readers reach out to Alzheimer's patients, caregivers
Photo credit: File / J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Karen Henley sits by here husband Mike at Winthrop Hospital. He was brought in because he was having seizures at home. (May 22, 2008)
Alzheimer's on LI: The Henleys
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Alzheimer's on Long Island: The Henleys
The offers started coming in Sunday morning. As readers picked up Newsday and saw Karen Henley's story of caring for her husband, Mike, who was diagnosed with Alzheimer's at age 36, many felt the need to do something, anything, to ease her burdens.
"The most surprising fact about all this is how much people really care," said Karen Henley, who lives in Westbury. "Everyday people,...
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