>> mike daly: yeah.for several years. >> mike daly: i started to notice at home, and i used to joke about it to my kids. i would say, you know, "i think she has alzheimer's, the way she forgets everything." >> lapook: then a doctor told her she really did have alzheimer's. mike's mother had had it. now, his wife. carol, when you heard the word "alzheimer's," what did that do to you? >> carol daly: i was devastated. because i saw his mother, what she went through. it's terrible. she was walking the streets in the middle of the night, and we had to bring her home. >> lapook: as carol's memory deteriorated, she lost her job at a bank, and lost her ability to do a lot of what she'd always done at home. did you used to be a good cook? >> carol daly: yeah. >> mike daly: oh, yeah. >> lapook: what happened? >> carol daly: it stopped. it just-- i just couldn't do it. >> lapook: what couldn't you do? >> carol daly: i didn't know what to do first. the meatloaf. >> mike daly: oh, the meatloaf. that was the-- >> caro

but mike and carol daly gave us an extraordinary gift, allowing us inside their home for an intimated them seven times over 10 years and witnessed firsthand the brutal toll on both carol and mike. when we first met carol and mike in 2008, carol was active, conversational and determined to make the best of her failing memory. >> how old are you now? >> 65. 65. yeah. i think, right? >> yeah. >> almost three years later when we went back to visit, carol had no idea how old she was. >> 80? no. i don't know. >> you're actually 67. >> 67? >> 67. >> now, micah former new york city cop, had to apply her makeup and dress her. but he told us this was the chance to repay all that carol had done for him. >> she had a job. she cleaned house. she did the wash. she made the beds and she put up with me. so all that's changed for us is the roles. >> what would you say the toll has been of this long journey on you? >> i'm dying. i really think i am. the stress -- a heart attack to begin with. >> she's so changed just since the last time i saw her. her pulse is as strong as can be and regular. i'm feel

dalys opened their doors to dr. jon lapook so you can see what many alzheimer's families endure in private. >> we should have brought the bread. >> reporter: when we first met carol and miketive, conversational, and determined to make the best of her failing memory. how old are you now? >> 65? 65. yeah. i think, right? >> yeah. >> reporter: almost three years later, when we went back to visit, carol had no idea how old she was. >> 80? no? i don't know. >> reporter: she's so changed just since the last time i saw her. >> ready to put the gun to my head. i nearly thought of suicide. >> reporter: really? >> yeah, it got to that point. >> reporter: caregiving is really tough. .> hardest job i ever had. >> glor: oh, my gosh. it's tough to watch. >> reporter: yeah. >> glor: you've been covering this couple for ten years. obviously, carol is in very bad erape right now. iw is mike doing? >> reporter: mike's actually doing better because carol is finally getting more help from others and it's not all on mike. and that's a big message here for caregivers-- you cannot do it alone. and organizations like the alzheimer's association can refer you for care and support services. >> glo

mike. happy friday. headed out to pacifica one area reporting fog but nothing new. dalyy as well as the marin side of the golden gate. the water temperatures are very cold, 50 to 52 degrees so any westerly direction brings in the fog. any update on rain in the long- range forecast, no we are dry until next friday. there is a mid-latitude system coming but the forecast models are struggling with that so we shouldn't be done yet. we are looking good today especially those away from the coast, north of them are in coast like sonoma looking beautiful. 50 in bodega bay and 51 at san francisco which is darn cold. inland it is t going matter with 60s and 70s from yesterday ving way to 70s today. some of these in the upper 70s. brentwood is currently 56, 53 oakland, berkeley 54, so for most locations a lot of sunshine with warmer temperatures just held in check by that fog near the coast. it is 8:02 on this friday has it been light? >>> overall the commute has been good, now highway 4 you will beg to differ because highway 4 has had a tough time and this all has to do with the c