Projects: Losing the Battle with Alzheimer's: bwGarners1

Karen Garner comforts Jim as he lays in bed at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton Saturday March 26, 2016. Jim died from Alzheimer's April 2, 2016. Jim was diagnosed by the National Institute of Health in 2011 with {quote}mild cognitive impairment,{quote} the precursor to early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The genetically pre-determined disease has devastated his family--his mother died of the disease at age 61, his older brother at 52.

Karen Garner comforts Jim as he lays in bed at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton Saturday March 26, 2016. Jim died from Alzheimer's April 2, 2016. Jim was diagnosed by the National Institute of Health in 2011 with "mild cognitive impairment," the precursor to early-onset Alzheimer's disease. The genetically pre-determined disease has devastated his family--his mother died of the disease at age 61, his older brother at 52.