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Alzheimer’s on Long Island: About this project

Marge Scheibman, who has Alzheimer's, rests in bed

Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Marge Scheibman, who has Alzheimer's, rests in bed at home after suffering a stroke. She was never able to walk again. (Nov. 4, 2007)

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For nearly two years, reporter Denise M. Bonilla and photographer J. Conrad Williams Jr. followed six families in order to chronicle the agony of Alzheimer’s disease and to provide an inside look at the role of the caregiver.

The families all have different circumstances and loved ones at different stages of the disease.

On many occasions, Bonilla...

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