Alzheimer’s buddy program pairs patients, students

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In this Feb. 28, 2014 photo, first-year Northwestern University medical student Jared Worthington, left, eats lunch with his "Alzheimer's buddy," retired physician Dan Winship in Chicago. The two are part of a “buddy” program pairing doctors-to-be with dementia patients, pioneered at Northwestern and adopted at a handful of other medical schools. (AP Photo/Teresa Crawford)CHICAGO (AP) — At age 80, retired Chicago physician and educator Dan Winship is getting a bittersweet last chance to teach about medicine — only this time he's the subject. In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, Winship is giving a young medical student a close-up look at a devastating illness affecting millions of patients worldwide.

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