July 16, 2024

Watch how excited this dog gets to greet its owner's mom in a memory care home

WATCH: Pup gets adorably excited visiting owner's mom at memory care home

A dog named Georgia can barely contain her excitement each time she gets to visit her owner's mom at a memory care home in Ohio.

Georgia's owner, Adam Mandell, shared a video on TikTok of his dog running and leaping into his mom's lap. Mandell said his mother has been diagnosed with Alzheimer's, a disease that can cause memory loss and confusion.

"This never gets old! My dog visiting my mom in her memory care home," Mandell captioned the video.

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In the video, Georgia, a Cavapoo, is seen waiting excitedly for Mandell to open the door, and then rushing inside and jumping into the lap of Mandell's mom, who is seated on a couch.

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Adam Mandell's Cavapoo can barely contain her excitement when she visits his mother at a memory care home in Ohio.
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As soon as they're reunited, Georgia laps Mandell's mom's face with kisses.

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Adam Mandell's Cavapoo can barely contain her excitement when she visits his mother at a memory care home in Ohio.

According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, as of 2020, nearly 6 million Americans were living with Alzheimer's disease.

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The CDC defines Alzheimer's as a "progressive disease" that begins with memory loss and eventually can get to a point where it severely impacts a person's ability to carry out daily activities, including conversations.