Alachua County experiencing increase in dementia cases due to aging population

Lakshmi Kunta helped raise all six of her grandchildren when she immigrated from India to the U.S. She taught them Telugu, her native language, and took them to the temple, showing them how to honor their heritage.

Now she can’t remember their names.

This is what dementia can look like. Kunta was diagnosed about three years ago, and now at age 77, she is completely reliant on her husband and her children to care for her…

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