Susan Rava's elderly parents are victims of Alzheimer's Disease. She becomes a caregiver for her family, and provides elder care. The diagnosis of dementia, management of caregiving costs, the crisis of faith, the need for spiritual and emotional support, the preservation of memory of decades of family history, and relationships with the aging, are discussed in Swimming Solo: A Daughter's Memoir of her Parents, His Parents, and Alzheimer's Disease from Plateau Books, plateaubooks.com