Being polite doesn’t work in the fight against Alzheimer’s
Guest Columnist
Marcus Cox
Marcus Cox is director of community relations for Playhouse on the Square. He is a professional actor, a lifelong Memphian and graduate of the University of Memphis.
Alzheimer’s disease is a major health concern in the African-American community. Yet people do not talk about it. Our family excused Gran’s forgetfulness as just getting old.
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