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Statement Regarding Changes to Texas Social Work Code of Conduct

Everyone at the Gayle Wells Foundation for Early Onset Alzheimer’s & Care (GWF) was stunned and disheartened to learn of the recent changes to the Texas Social Work Code of Conduct, allowing social workers to refuse service to people based on disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, and gender expression. Governor Greg Abbott submitted this request […]

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What Does it Mean? Understanding Medical Terms

By: Todd Wagoner, LCSW With a diagnosis of early onset Alzheimer’s disease, navigating the world of medical terms can feel like learning a foreign language. While some experts assert that you can learn to speak a foreign language with some fluency in about 48 days if you study the language for 10 hours a day, […]

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Keeping the Mind Active

By: Melinda Mattson Early onset Alzheimer’s disease brings changes on every level, but perhaps none as distressing as those which affect the mind. One of the cruel realities of the disease is the damage to the brain for the individual with early onset Alzheimer’s. While there is no known cure to stop this process, there […]

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