Painting in Twilight: An Artist's Escape from Alzheimer's

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While victims of Alzheimer's disease and other related dementias are losing their memories and ability to communicate, art can be their escape. This was true for Lester Potts, who began succumbing to Alzheimer's disease at age 70. Art allowed him to express himself after he lost the ability to communicate with words, and his paintings and drawings where often images from his childhood on the Alabama Gulf Coast. Learn Lester's story and view his paintings in this audio slideshow.

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Originally Shared on December 9, 2011 at 3:01 pm By:

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