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#FamiliesMonth feature: What happens when couples are separated in LTC?
February 17, 2022
SFU Gerontology masters graduate Lindsay Grasso's research on what occurs when one spouse in LTC has dementia is featured BC Care Providers Association.
The subject of has prompted controversy over the years, partly because of the level of public understanding about what long-term care is, and how dementia changes behaviours.
In the summer of 2016, the story of the separation of B.C. couple Wolf and Anita Gottschalk , triggering international outcry. The couple’s granddaughter Ashley Bartyik posted an image on social media that she describe as ‘.’ Some weeks later to reunite the couple. Bartyik was invited to participate in our first .
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