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Ravages of Alzheimer's turn children into parents
Quick ReadOf all the caregiving pairings, taking care of a parent with Alzheimer's can be one of the most challenging. Here are two stories of family struggles.
Photo credit: J. Conrad Williams Jr. | Alzheimer patient Thomas Rowe sometimes won't sit still to eat, so his daughter Dorla Walker follows him around the house to get him to eat. (Dec. 11, 2009)
Alzheimer's on LI: Thomas Rowe and Dorla Walker
Alzheimer's on LI: The Deckers
Alzheimer's on Long Island: The Deckers
Alzheimer's on Long Island: Thomas Rowe's family
Of all the caregiving pairings, taking care of a parent with Alzheimer's can be one of the most challenging. There are the role reversals, the struggles with siblings over care and the history of the relationship itself, sometimes strained or even hostile, that make for complications.
Dorla Walker, 54, takes care of her father, Thomas Rowe, 82. Exhausted and frustrated, Walker tries to balance...
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