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For Jim Garner Alzheimer’s is: “A death sentence without a timeline”

November 8, 2015, 3:00 am
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Jim Garner, 53, is reflected in the face of a clock as he wanders the halls of Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in mid-September in Virginia Beach. Jim was diagnosed by the National Institute of Health in 2011 with “mild cognitive impairment,” the precursor to early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. The genetically pre-determined disease has devastated his family—his mother died of the disease at age 61, his older brother at 52. Jim arrived at Beacon Shores in August after his wife received a grant from the Veterans Administration for a 30-day annual allowance for respite care. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen and Jim walk down the hallway back to the memory unit after Jim became agitated during a group activity at Beacon Shores in September.
Karen and Jim walk down the hallway back to the memory unit after Jim became agitated during a group activity at Beacon Shores in September.
Karen measures Bradley’s height against Jim during a visit to Beacon Shores in September. (Katilin McKeown)
Karen holds her head in her hand as she tells Jim she forgot to bring him a letter that his sister sent him during a visit to Beacon Shores in September. Following a “psychotic break” during a visit with his family in Connecticut over the July 4 weekend, Karen decided that Jim could no longer live safely at home. Jim arrived at Beacon Shores in August after Karen received a grant from the Veterans Administration for a 30-day annual allowance for respite care. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Jim looks through the door of the secure memory unit as Karen arrives to pick him up from Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center on Sept. 9, 2015. Following a 30-day respite care period at Beacon Shores, Jim moved to receive longer-term care at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen helps Jim place a chip on a Bingo card during a game with other residents at Beacon Shores in September. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Renorda, a licensed practical nurse, distracts Jim while walking back to the secure memory unit from the outdoor patio at Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in September. Several residents were asked to wait in the hallway following the death of a hospice patient from their unit. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Jim stands in his room as Karen and nursing staff pack his belongings before he departs Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach on Sept. 9, 2015. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Jim stands in his room as Karen and nursing staff pack his belongings before he departs Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach on Sept. 9, 2015. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen washes a utensil at the kitchen sink while preparing dinner before going to get a pedicure with Frankie in late August. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen washes a utensil at the kitchen sink while preparing dinner before going to get a pedicure with Frankie in late August. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Jim talks with another resident of the secure memory unit during an afternoon at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton in early October.
Jim talks with another resident of the secure memory unit during an afternoon at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton in early October.
Frankie Garner, 15, prepares for field hockey practice as Karen waits in the dining room in early September.
Frankie Garner, 15, prepares for field hockey practice as Karen waits in the dining room in early September.
Jim talks with another resident while walking the hallways of the secure memory unit at Commonwealth Assisted Living in early October. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Jim talks with another resident while walking the hallways of the secure memory unit at Commonwealth Assisted Living in early October. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen hugs Bradley before he leaves to visit a friend's house in September.
Karen hugs Bradley before he leaves to visit a friend’s house in September.
Jim eats lunch in the dining room of the memory care unit during his first afternoon at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton. (Karen Garner)
Jim eats lunch in the dining room of the memory care unit during his first afternoon at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton. (Karen Garner)
Karen talks on the phone with her mother while driving to pick up Jim from Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach on Sept. 9, 2015. A family friend launched a GoFundMe campaign a week before Jim's discharge from respite care; it raised almost $5,000 in a day, allowing Karen to transfer Jim seamlessly to long-term care at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton. (Kaitlin McKeown)
Karen talks on the phone with her mother while driving to pick up Jim from Beacon Shores Nursing & Rehabilitation Center in Virginia Beach on Sept. 9, 2015. A family friend launched a GoFundMe campaign a week before Jim’s discharge from respite care; it raised almost $5,000 in a day, allowing Karen to transfer Jim seamlessly to long-term care at Commonwealth Assisted Living in Hampton. (Kaitlin McKeown)

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Filed under: Daily Press Photographers, Hampton Roads, Health, Local news Tagged: alzheimer's. Jim Garner, Early onset Alzheimer's disease
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