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TUCSON, Ariz. -- — It's an awesome responsibility to be someone's main caregiver if they're living with dementia. It can also feel isolating if you can't enjoy all the things you used to do together.
Every two weeks since October last year, Teresa Shack and her mom, Lupe, have come to hang out at the café inside PCOA's office on Country Club. As a sign of the bond they share, each member of the trio has an identical tattoo on their hand."We call ourselves the triangle; the triangle decided, 'we need to move in together,"" Shack said.
"They actually come from the United Kingdom; they're worldwide. There's memory cafés in Brazil, Australia..." Khalsa said. DCSA run a total of six cafés at different points during the month across Pima County. They have plans to add two more, but for now, Ron Manoogian likes to bring his partner, Tom Brady, to the welcoming environment inside the Dusenberry Center.
"Tom will do things that he normally wouldn't do at home," Manoogian said."He's around people that are caring, they're laughing. They have great pastries here... and Tom will sing..."
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