Very Day, Ed Krautmann's 83-Year-Old Mind Slip-Slides Down a Slope of Dementia.

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When his memory fails him, as it often does, there's his paintbrush.

One recent morning, with his tweed riding cap atop his head, Krautmann sat painting at a table with seven other residents of Cypress Court at Overland Park. It's a senior living center whose residents, like Krautmann, live with Alzheimer's and other memory- snatching diseases.

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Very Day, Ed Krautmann's 83-Year-Old Mind Slip-Slides Down a Slope of Dementia.

Using watercolors, they copied images from calendar pages. Krautmann likes to make pictures of animals, and he's particular about his work. He centers the images on the watercolor paper with a compass. Then, with surgeon-like precision, he moves ...

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