(CBS News) NORTHPORT, N.Y. – It’s a story that makes you think, “What are the chances?” It started with a mystery at a nursing home we visited, “On the Road.” <\/p>\n
John Angerame says when you love someone with advanced dementia — like his father has — you can’t help but wonder: Are they still in there? <\/p>\n
John asks his dad Augie for even the littlest signs that he’s present, like a wink or blink. <\/p>\n
Fortunately, although Augie can’t communicate, by all indications he is aware — beyond words. <\/p>\n
Augie Angerame served in the Korean War, in an artillery unit. He was a medic, which may partly explain his recent behavior at his VA nursing home on Long Island. <\/p>\n
A few months ago, Augie started going into the room of another veteran with dementia named Frank Dibella. <\/p>\n
“And I was like, ‘What’s this man doing?’” recalled Frank’s daughter, Mary Rose Monroe. “He’d rub his back and then he’d walk away.” <\/p>\n
“Just check on him,” John Angerame added, “like maybe a medic would do as he made rounds.” <\/p>\n
The kids agreed: It seemed like Augie was trying to care for Frank — like he was back in the war. Frank didn’t seem to mind. The staff eventually moved the two men into the same room. <\/p>\n
And that’s when John started putting the pieces together. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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