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Sharing Alzheimer's diagnosis: Tips for caregivers

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If you're caring for someone who has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease or other disorders causing dementia, you might wonder how best to tell others. If the person wants you to share the diagnosis, how will you do it? Whom should you tell? How will family and friends react? Will they know how to interact with the person? Consider these caregiving tips for sharing a dementia diagnosis.