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Shark Tank's Barbara Corcoran Recalls Caregiving for Her Mom with Alzheimer’s: 'Grieving in Slow Motion'

'Shark Tank' star and real-estate icon Barbara Corcoran shares how she and her 9 siblings banded together as caregivers when their beloved mother, Florence, experienced personality changes due to Alzheimer's.

Shark Tank star and real-estate icon Barbara Corcoran opens up about how she and her 9 siblings banded together when their family's matriarch, Florence, was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease She shared that her brother took a class on Alzheimer's patient care, and advised them to start "acknowledging her realities" instead of correcting them While she says they were prepared for memory loss, the family was not expecting their mom's personality changes “It's hard to tell when it really begins, you know,” Corcoran, says about the onset of Alzheimer’s, as early symptoms — such as memory loss — are easily dismissed as general signs of aging. She seemed more capable than her brothers,” she tells PEOPLE about her mom, who famously raised ten children in a two-bedroom apartment in Edgewater, New Jersey.

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