Partial View: A sensitive portrayal of what it's like to have Alzheimer's Disease

by Cary Smith Henderson. 1998

In 1985 Cary Henderson, a history professor, learned that he had Alzheimer's disease. Frustrated by his failing memory and physical inability to write, he began to use a tape recorder. The recorder became his confidant and his means for reaching out to communicate not only with his family but also with others afflicted with the disease. In describing his narrowing world, Cary hoped to help other Alzheimer's patients and their caregivers cope with and understand the disease. Cary made countless hours of tapes, with his daughter, Jackie Henderson Main his wife, Ruth and award-winning Washinton Post photographer Nancy Andrews edited.