Alzheimer's took my wife from me and she was only 55. Here's what you should know

Alzheimer's took my wife from me and she was only 55. Here's what you should know about the reality of early onset Alzheimer’s, which impacts millions.

She’d been going through this for months. She was too scared to tell me. She didn’t want to worry me. And she thought that if she gave voice to it, her loss of normal life would become real. It was indeed starkly real.  William Collier is a principal at Intellz, a strategic digital services firm.

Every day, hundreds or even thousands of people slip past a stage where such treatments might help. This to me is a tragedy, for Dora, and for many other sufferers and their families.  

The grim reality came upon us eight years ago, like a thief in the night. Driving home from work, she stopped at an intersection she’d crossed hundreds of times. The next thing she knew, she was lying on her back in the grass, with the car idling on the sidewalk and the door open. Although she somehow found her way home, she had no idea how this had happened.