TEK IMAGE/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/Getty Images(NEW YORK) Evelin Miranda first noticed something was off with her husband, Eddie, about 10 years ago, when he started picking her up from work late. Then, her son Miguel told her Eddie hadn t been paying bills on time.
"Things just weren t getting better," she told ABC News. "I was saying to myself, well, there s something wrong."
Eddie was eventually diagnosed with Alzheimer s disease in 2018. He lives at home, and Evelin is his full-time caretaker. She has a nursing background, and was familiar with Alzheimer s disease. But this was different.
"You never expect it in your own home, with your own loved one, your partner, that you share your whole self to," she said.
The Mirandas story is featured on "Our America: Unforgettable," an hour-long special produced by ABC Owned Television Stations in partnership with ABC News that takes a look at the alarming data of Alzheimer s disease through a Hisp
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