Taking care of the caregivers. New Medicare pilot project rethinks paying for dementia care

The five-year journey Ed Mezzanotte and his wife, Lorraine, traveled before she lost her life to Alzheimer’s disease in August was marked by heartache, fear, loss, and tragedy.

Lorraine wandered from home in the wee hours and vacillated between trusting him and telling the police he’d stolen her things. Her hallucinations and paranoia made her behavior unrecognizable.