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Dementia Is Getting Some Very Public Faces

Jeffrey Draine, a retired Temple University professor who was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, and his wife, Debora Dunbar, at home in Wallingford, Pa., Nov. 7, 2018. Stigma often prevents patients from acknowledging an Alzheimer’s diagnosis, but the tide may be changing; Draine hasn’t regretted sharing his diagnosis with colleagues, family and friends. (Mark Makela/The New York Times)