Colette Cassidy, a former news anchor, witnessed the effects of early onset Alzheimer’s disease firsthand when her mother started showing symptoms of the disease in her 50s. Tools like lists, calendars, and detailed directions helped her mother compensate for the earliest symptoms, but as the disease progressed her family found themselves unprepared to deal with recognizing and accepting their mother’s condition. Read Colette’s story as she recalls the difficulty in understanding, coping, and living with her mother’s Alzheimer’s disease.  

Colette Cassidy's full story at AARP