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As a Caregiver, Funny Man Sean Hayes Says 'There's Never Enough Time'

As a Caregiver, Funny Man Sean Hayes Says 'There's Never Enough Time'

By Susan Pascal
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You may know him as the over-the-top Jack McFarland from NBC's hit comedy, 'Will & Grace” – but you may not know that actor Sean Hayes was also one of the nearly 16 million adults in the United States caring for a loved one with Alzheimer's. His mother, Mary, sadly passed from the disease in 2018. In honor of National Alzheimer's Awareness and National Family Caregiving month, we recently interviewed Hayes about his time as a caregiver and what he learned from the experience that changed his life and his perspective.

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