This project is an exploration of the relationships between patients with Alzheimer’s and dementia and their caregivers. Caregivers might be their spouses, children, grandchildren, nurses, aides, other family members. Images in the series show intimate moments between partners, caregivers and patients, children and their parents particularly of closeness and touch.  

    In my experience around one grandparent with late-stage Alzheimer's and another with the beginning stages of dementia, I have observed how their family, especially partners, navigate this difficult emotional terrain. The bonds of familial and marital relationships created many years ago must change as these diseases progress. Often, the love and dedication at the foundation of these relationships takes on a new and different form. This evolution is fascinating to me and is the central focus of the work.

    Something that has come up repeatedly in creating these images is the question of consent. How do you photograph someone in a vulnerable state who cannot consent to be photographed? While legally, a caregiver can provide consent, ethically I am still struggling with this idea.