Caregiver Committed to Fighting Alzheimer's

Alzheimer's Weekly
WHEN SHIRLEY Leon Garrison says "Alzheimer's is a cruel disease," he speaks with the voice of grim experience.

He recalls noticing the first signs of the disease in his wife, Mildred, back in 1991 - their 50th wedding anniversary year - and he was by her side for the next 15 years, facing every stage of the disease with her until her death in May 2006.

Along the way, he became perhaps the most committed man in America to finding a way to stop Alzheimer's disease.

He and his wife donated $1 million....read the whole story