On this Veterans Day comes a sobering reminder: veterans struggling with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) have almost double the risk of developing some type of dementia, according to the Alzheimer's Association.

Hoping to bring awareness that treating PTSD early on can help reduce the risk of dementia is one Sacramento family, who wishes they had known that sooner.

"It would not have eliminated all the risk, but it would have helped, I think," Deborah Franklin said.

Franklin is the full-time caregiver for her husband of 38 years, Doug Mitten.

"Your relationship changes as you feel less like a spouse and more like the caregiver. For somebody that's had a pretty long marriage, passionate, romantic, we love spending time together. To lose that companionship is very difficult and sa

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