From WBEZ Chicago:
Mike Merritt could tell his younger brother’s mind was slipping.
About three years ago, his brother Philip Merritt was 16 years into serving a long sentence at Western Illinois Correctional Center in Mount Sterling.
Philip Merritt, who was 70 at the time, began struggling to put together sentences and understand what others were saying. Then he could only grunt in response and, eventually, he stopped talking altogether.
“My brother was an extrovert, always chatting,” said Mike Merritt, who would talk to his brother at least three times a week. “He was talking normal, then suddenly, there was something off.”
Merritt learned his brother had dementia with aphasia. He was eventually moved to the prison infirmary, but his condition continued to deteriorate. Continue reading >>>
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