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Grandchildren embrace time with grandmothers who have Alzheimer’s and dementia

JoAnne Klimovich Harrop
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Shirley Gipson (center) is pictured with her daughter Christina Gipson (left), a granddaughter Serita Henry (right) and two of her great-grandchildren, 8-year-old twins Langston (left) and Landon Kimbrough, at her Aliquippa home on Aug. 27.
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Shirley Gipson is pictured at her Aliquippa home on Aug. 27.
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Jonnie Lewis-Thorpe is pictured outside Glen Hazel Community Living Center in Pittsburgh’s Glen Hazel neighborhood on Aug. 27.
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Jonnie Lewis-Thorpe is pictured with her daughter Angela Reynolds (standing) and granddaughter LeAnn Reynolds, 15, outside Glen Hazel Community Living Center in Pittsburgh’s Glen Hazel neighborhood on Aug. 27.
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Joyce Browne-Russell (center) of East Liberty gets kisses from her great granddaughter Queen Dre’La Basking, 7, (left) and great grandson King Dre’on Basking, 4, on Sept. 3.
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Mario C. Browne, Zeinah Browne, Joyce Browne-Russell, Kalondah Basking and Jamita Poston pose for a photo on Sept. 3.
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Joyce Browne-Russell (center) of East Liberty sits on a bench with her granddaughters Kalondah Basking (right) and Zeinah Browne on Sept. 3.

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