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PICTURE OF THE WEEK: NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Congratulations to the winners of this week’s POTW! First place went to Kaitlyn Dolan, and a tie in Second place went to Michael Owens and JuliAnna Patino! Thanks for all of the great submissions this week!

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Connie Albert, an at-home caregiver of her own business, Affordable In Home Care, aids her patient (name withheld) in drinking a protein smoothie on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, in Webster, N.Y. Albert’s patient, 84, is in stage six in the progress of Alzheimer’s. The disease progresses from stage one to stage seven, starting with frequent memory loss of recently occurring events and ending with losing all awareness of experiences and surroundings, coupled with physical degredation. The patient’s daughter, Brenda Forster (not pictured), commented “We haven’t lost mom . . . she’s lost us.” Forster has a unique understanding of her mother’s disease, and wants to become an at-home caregiver after her mother passes, and Forster moves back to her home in Cary, N.C.

First Place: Kaitlyn Dolan

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Imogem Hollowell (cq), 7, listens on as the Director of French House speaks outside of the French House on the Nazareth College campusin Rochester, N.Y. on Nov. 14, 2015.

Second Place: Michael Owens

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Hayden Wagner of Rochester Institute of Technology’s Club Rugby team gets lifted by his teammate Jack Burruto on Thursday, November 5th, 2015. They are practicing a play that happens when the ball goes out of bounds.

Second Place: JuliAnna Patino