March 14, 2008Special series on aging debuts
Tommy Rhodes, a 69-year-old Roanoke resident, copes with a form of dementia called neurodegenerative frontal lobe brain disease, which strikes the front of the brain, the hub of intelligent thought. His wife Linda cares for him. For the past several months, photographer Josh Meltzer and reporter Beth Macy have listened to the concerns of area aging experts, health-care providers and caregivers. The first two installments of the occasional series "Age of Uncertainty" will debut in The Roanoke Times on Saturday, March 15. The online portion of the story was posted to roanoke.com on Friday, March 14. You can visit it at http://blogs.roanoke.com/ageofuncertainty/. In addition to the stories in the paper, the site features documentary-style videos of the two subjects, Tommy and Linda Rhodes and the Rev. Bill Wingfield caring for his wife, Kathy. Videos also tell the stories of the local Meals-on-Wheels program and the cost of staying independent at home. Additional components of the online presentation include a searchable database and map to locate resources for seniors and those caring for the elderly in the region, photo galleries and audio portraits, and a blog and feedback section. The entire series was developed in Drupal by multimedia editor Seth Gitner, who took a lead producer role for this series. Visit the About page for a full list of contributors. Use the comments on the series page or here to tell us what you think of the package. |
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