June and Al Fidanza of Homewood enjoy an outing to the 2018 “Paws for a Cause” 5K benefit run. (Provided photo)
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Taking Care: A young life affected by dementia, then Alzheimer’s

Note: This story is the third in a series from our annual Health & Wellness special section, first published in the April 1 print edition.

For 25 years, Al Fidanza was a stationary engineer at a high rise building in Chicago.

Then his boss started noticing he’d fail to complete some tasks. At home, his wife, June, also realized he was becoming forgetful.

“People would tell me they called, and Al would say he’d pass…

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