Allan S. Vann is a retired public school principal and his late wife, Clare, had Alzheimer’s disease and spent two and a half years in the lock-down dementia wing of an assisted-living facility (ALF) and two months in a nursing home (NH). He now writes frequently for publication to increase awareness of Alzheimer’s and has published more than 40 articles. Visit Allan at www.allansvann.blogspot.com.