Fran's Song: My Mother's Triumph over Alzheimer's

Fran Cooper entered a Memory Care Unit after years of at-home care. The change was heartwrenching for her family. But Fran found a new home, with new friends, a new pastor and ample time to sing and pray. Her son, Ron, chronicles a year in his mother's life in an Alzheimer's unit where she:

• -Gave him good advice on the eve of his wedding
• -Exchanged sweet love letters with her husband of 60 years
• -Serenaded the entire nursing home (Fran: "If you don't use music, you lose music.")
• -Expresse...