Art about Alzheimer's

- When my Mother was diagnosed with Alz around 2004 I went about trying to find out information on how to care for her, what were the stages of Alz, find resources, etc.... There wasn't alot of help or information I could find for caregiving most was just money for research.  My Mother was a big part of me becoming an artist when i was young.  I hearing my mother say things like " I want me life back", "Who are they". "What day is it"-  It.was heart breaking to see my once lively mother get lost within your on mind.  So I began doing artwork around my mother's journey through Alz.  I wanted people to understand the different aspects of Alz one goes through.  Alz isn't just a loss of memories.  The Art was also a place where I could place my feelings of losing my mother.  I exhibited a lot of the body of work in 2010 and 2011.  - Important exhibit it while my mother could come and still understand.  It was important to me to honor her through Art. 
    In 2013 my father died and Mother was my alone responsibility for the next three years.  Care giving alone with out help nor much information or resources was extremely stressful.  I continued my Alz art still doing new pieces around what mom now was going through and a few pieces of how I felt.  Each piece of art shows a different aspect of Alz- Isolation, Loss of reality, Loss of sense of self, silence, trapped within the brain etc...  My mother continues the journey of Alz and we both do not know how long that journey will be..... I hope this body of work will bring awareness and understanding to ones who have to deal with this destructive disease.