Kris Bakowski

It started, as it so often does, with unusual behavior. Kris Bakowski went to her doctor complaining of memory problems, which seemed to be getting worse, and scarier, as time passed.

Win Heimer

When the demands of caring for Carol, his wife with younger-onset Alzheimer's, became too much to bear, Win Heimer had to confront the difficult reality of placing her in an assisted-living facility.

Linda Fisher

Linda Fisher didn't know much about Alzheimer's when her husband, Jim, was diagnosed with the younger-onset form of the disease at age 52, after experiencing symptoms for almost three years.

Leslie Bishop Franco

At 56, Leslie Bishop Franco's mother, Darlene, was a full-time medical social worker and a deacon in her church. An avid tennis player and golfer, she also loved to travel.

Lucien Richardson

Lucien Richardson began to notice that his wife, Frances, was having memory problems when she was in her early 40s. When Frances was diagnosed with younger-onset Alzheimer's disease at 49, Lucien and his two teenage sons assumed her care responsibilities.

Daniel Bean

As the caregiver for his wife, Joanne, during the nine years she had Alzheimer's, Dan Bean became intimately familiar with the effects of the disease. After Joanne passed away, Dan increased his involvement with the Alzheimer's Association.