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A Journey Through Dementia, 2002

Betsy still gives Emily, 11, mom-to-daughter advice. But she has trouble, of late, helping Emily with her homework. She fears the day she won't be able to remember her children's names. "I try not to dwell on it," she says. "I don't think it's going to happen real soon but who knows what soon is?"