***  *** Can you give some suggestions for helping to unclench the hand that we can pass along to caregivers? It would be irresponsible of me to begin to answer this question without an all out disclaimer:  I am not ...

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During the latter stages of Alzheimer’s disease, affected persons become completely dependent on their caregivers for survival.  Interestingly, most people do not die from Alzheimer’s disease itself, but from a complication or secondary effect of the disease.  Here are the ...