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title: A daughter gives up her life to take care of mother with Alzheimer's
description: A compelling story about a daughter who gave up her life to take care of her mother with Alzheimer's, and how long-term care could have helped.
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## A daughter gives up her life to take care of mother with Alzheimer's

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This is as a compelling video about a daughter who basically gave up her life for 9 years “My boyfriend, my house, my social life, my career, my freedom... life as I knew it." We apologize for the commercialization  before and after the story but we encourage you to watch the story because with proper long-term care planning Jennifer’s life and that of her mother’s would have been much different.

[View the story here](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mary-alice-stephenson/she-gave-up-her-life-to-t_b_7051438.html)

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## Written by [Matt Dean](https://www.ltcipartners.com/planning-for-long-term-care-in-america/author/matt-dean)

 Matt Dean, CLTC, FLMI, HIA, ACS, joined LTCI Partners in June 2011. He brought 24-years of experience at USAA where he spent 18 of those years in various roles supporting long-term care insurance and six years heading their health product lines of business that included long-term care insurance. Matt's sales, operations, and insurance expertise leads our sales initiatives at LTCI Partners. Matt lives in San Antonio and is a graduate of the University of Texas at San Antonio with a degree in Finance. He and his wife are active in the Prader-Willi Syndrome Association (USA) on account of their son, Tanner, having PWS.

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