Husband becomes caregiver for wife with Alzheimer’s

Tony Wagoner never expected to become a round-the-clock caregiver, but in his words, “You never know what’s going to happen in life.” Tony Wagoner and his wife, Pat Wagoner, moved to Central Florida from North Carolina in 1979 and never looked back. After he retired in 2012, Tony and Pat Wagoner took a trip to Yellowstone National Park, the beginning of what was expected to be a new chapter filled with adventure. He said that was their last trip together. “Alzheimer’s disease, saw the beginnings of it in about 2012 with some memory issues, forgetting how to be able to adjust the thermostat, she started having some issues with the stove,” Tony Wagoner said. Pat Wagoner’s health began to decline, and by 2015 she was hospitalized and officially diagnosed with Alzheimer’s disease. By September 2016, Pat Wagoner needed 24-hour care and her husband became her full-time caregiver. “I said, ‘Don’t you worry, I’m going to take care of you,’ I said, ‘We’re going to see this thing through right here in this house,’ and I still say that,” Tony Wagoner said.
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