CBS Follows a Couple from Diagnosis to the Final Stages of Alzheimer's

60 Minutes took a composite look at how one couple coped with Alzheimer's disease both in the early years of the diagnosis and then year-by-year thereafter. For a decade, CBS News chief medical contributor Dr. Jon LaPook has been checking in on Carol Daly, a woman diagnosed with Alzheimer's, and her caregiver husband, Mike. In "For Better or Worse," viewers will meet the loving couple who, over the course of seven interviews in 10 years, both face the devastating health consequences of the disease. The story begins in 2008 when Carol's dementia was just becoming obvious, and then traces her decline as well as Mike's dramatic journey. The story shines a light on the physical, emotional, and financial consequences of chronic dementia on both the individual and the caregiver, and LaPook says he hopes the story will offer comfort to the families of the 5.4 million Americans living with the disease.