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Fearing Dementia as the Planet Warms: Aging and Climate Change

Fearing Dementia as the Planet Warms: Aging and Climate Change

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John Wasik
Feb 09, 2024
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For those of us of a certain age, one of our greatest fears – other than running out of money – is physical or mental disability. Both of my grandmothers had dementia. My father succumbed to Alzheimer’s disease.

Seeing my father get lost driving or forgetting where he was is the psychic equivalent of having your fingernails slowly pulled out one day at a…

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