By Kat HalfmanStaff Intern GREEN BAY – For Home Instead Green Bay owner Steve Nooyen, his mission to help Wisconsin seniors live safely and comfortably from home runs deep. He started Wisconsin’s first Home Instead branch in 1997, after he and his family struggled to care for his grandfather and family patriarch, Al DeCleene, when …
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By Lee Reinsch Correspondent BROWN COUNTY – When Austin Drevs was 8, his family found out his dad, Scott, had early-onset dementia. Scott Drevs was in his 40s then and the news turned the family upside down. Austin, the youngest of three boys, said he took it hard, although the diagnosis was difficult to comprehend …
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By Ben Rodgers Editor Christmas can be a challenging time of the year if you are celebrating with a loved one with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. Nationwide, the disease affects some 5.7 million people with more than 16 million people caring for those with Alzheimer’s. In Wisconsin, there are 110,000 people diagnosed with Alzheimer’s, and …
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