Alzheimer's—The Identity Thief of the 21st Century

Schaefer, a veteran of approximately 10 years in the FBI's Behavior Science Unit, was the co-founder and first manager of the FBI's Critical Incident and Peer Support Program. As such, he traveled around the United States to render psychological support for FBI related critical incidents. He never realized that he would be facing his own critical incident toward the end of his law enforcement career in the form of Alzheimer's disease. He found himself immersed in the care of his wife Sarah following her diagnosis with “the probable early onset of Alzheimer's disease,” while she was still in her forties. Their love story was written in order to help all those touched by this horrendous disease. It contains valuable information that is seldom written about for the family care-partner as well as professionals in the field.