StoryCorps: Tobyette Wheeler & Percy Jackson

A mother with Alzheimers is remembered for who she was, before.

Atlanta, GA – When dementia hits older adults, it can tear families apart or bring them together. When Tobyette Wheeler Jackson and her siblings realized that their 64-year-old mother had dementia, they decided to come together, literally. At StoryCorps, Tobyette told the story to the husband she met after her mother’s death, Percy Jackson.