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  • Marcos, 89, and Monica, 87, have been married and living in their apartment in Buenos Aires, Argentina, for 65 years. In 2007, Monica was diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease. Since that moment, her husband devoted all his time to take care of her. He has been exposed to suffering substantial changes in his life as well as a very strong physical and emotional impact, typical of someone who is gradually losing his companion of all his life. She passed away in July of 2011. The photographer has been documenting their struggle for 3 years. According to Alzheimer's Association, it is estimated now in 36 million the number of Alzheimer's patients all over the world. This disease is considered as a future epidemic because it mainly affects older people, and as life expectancy is annually increasing in global population, the disease is becoming increasingly common. By 2050, it is projected that the number of patients will have increased to over 115 million.
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  • Marcos visits the grave of his wife on the day of her birthday, for bring her some flowers. Monica died on July the 13th of Alzheimer's disease, in their apartment, in his husband's hands, when he was going to change her diaper. He looked after her for 5 years, since she was diagnosed. He visits her at least once a month to the cemetery.
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  • Receiving cuddles and caresses helps her in connecting, at least for seconds. Physical contact with Alzheimer's patients is as important as other relevant medical care.
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  • Marcos watches the flowers of the balcony. Nowadays, he's facing probably the hardest moment in his life, not only because of loneliness and living without his wife, but also because he has to find a new life at age 90.
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  • Monica holds the blanket, one of the only movements she could do during her last year of life.
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  • Marcos carries the dinner to Monica, while she is lying in bed. After 5 years of the diagnosis, the food she received was previously processed and pureed due to her difficulties in chewing.
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  • Marcos rests in his bed. The disease brings with it a number of effects on the patient's caregivers, ranging from physical problems and stress to emotional conflicts.
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  • Marcos looks for a photograph of both in his wallet. "It absorbs you all day. In the morning I wake up, I give her breakfast and change her diaper. Then accompany the nurses to make the healing of bedsores. Then give her lunch, in the afternoon change the diaper and give a snack, and finally in the evening I give her dinner and I change the diaper again. You spend all day, practically. "
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  • He cleans some items in the bathroom, while she lies in the orthopedic bed. According to a study by the Spanish newspaper El Mundo, caregivers of patients dedicate an average of 18 hours to the patient.
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  • Marcos fed Monica every day for more than three years. "I learned to be patient by caring and feeding her. Each meal is an hour by the clock."
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  • Monica lies in the orthopedic bed. She spent her last year of life bedridden orthopedic, being absolutely dependent on aid and assistance of her husband. The disease generates an assistance dependence, which gradually increases because of the deterioration in the transmission of information between the brain and body.
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  • Marcos carries Monica from their room to the living room. Although at times grumbled of the time devoted to her care, Marcos did not see any other possibility. "Tell me where she is going to be better than here. I treat her like a princess, here she has everything."
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  • Latin American Immigrants in Barcelona.<br />
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Spain is recognized as one of the new immigration countries in Europe. Since 1996 this country has changed dramatically from having been a country that people left to be a country that people move to. During the past 10 years, thank's to the rapid growth of the construction and service sectors, the population with foreign decent has increased and now amounts to 13,5% of the country's total population. The majority of the new citizens of Spain have come from Latin America, primarily from Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia and the Dominican Republic. It is estimated that there are around 6 million foreigners in Spain and Barcelona is the second city to has a largest latin american community. In Barcelona it is estimated that 18% of the population is immigrated. Ten years ago, the immigrants were the answer to Barcelona growing economy, but as a consequence of the crisis that hit Spain in 2008 the immigrants are now rather seen as the source of the economic problems. This story aims at portraying the daily life of the new citizens of Barcelona on order to widen the discussion about the immigrants and their role in the society. This story is part of a documentary photo project called The new citizens of Barcelona and has been published in 2010 by several media like: Mondaphoto of Mexico, the newspaper El Telegrafo and Expreso from Ecuador and the photodocumentary latin american magazine Sueno de la Razón. <br />
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In the picture: <br />
The face of Danny Rosado from the Dominican Republic reflects in the glass of the window of the train that takes her to her home in Barcelona. Danny came to Barcelona in 2003 and started to work as a domestic assistant. In 2008 she got married to Emilio (spanish) and moved with him to  a single room in a shared apartment  with an ecuatorian family living in Cornella. After she moved to live with her husband, she worked taking care of her mother in law who had Alzheimer's disease.
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