The Last Christmas Present
By Margo Rose
The first client with advanced Alzheimer's who I worked with as a fitness trainer was named Gwen.
When I met her, she was 92 years old and had already lived for five years in the dementia section of an assisted care facility.
I never met Gwen’s adult daughter, who had seen on the internet that I work as a fitness trainer doing on-site senior wellness. My only point of contact was a phone call from the daughter asking me to help her frail mother stay as strong as possible, and a monthly check that arrived in the mail.
