During COVID, I started a podcast on no particular subject just to entertain myself. One of the people I talked to during that time was Melissa Stevens, the widow of Mark Stevens. Mark was one half of one of the most famous radio teams ever, Stevens and Pruett, on KLOL in Houston, Texas, the station I was at for so long. Many fans know Mark is no longer with us, but they don’t know why. Melissa joins me to talk about Mark's journey with Alzheimer's, why many fans didn't know, and her journey as a loved one and caregiver.

Melissa and I talk about family and friends who stopped coming or never came at all - and the simple things they could have done that would have made a difference.

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If you’d like to learn more about Mark Stevens, see “Runaway Radio,” the documentary about KLOL. It’s doing the film festival circuit right now and then will be available on streaming services.

There is no right or wrong way to do this. Yet caregivers still question ourselves during and after. Melissa and I both learned that you do the best you can; there is no manual for #survivingalzheimers 

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