A widow sold her home to care for her husband with Alzheimer’s. She’s not alone.

ATLANTA, Ga. (InvestigateTV) - Family caregivers are considered the backbone of America’s long-term care system and experts say that backbone is breaking.About one in four adults in the country provide ongoing care for a loved one, sometimes at the expense of their own well-being.Caregiving costs can add up fast, forcing caregivers to take on debt and in some cases making it hard to cover basic necessities. This is often driven by fixed budgets, high out of pocket medical costs, and the immense time constraints of caregiving.When police in Floyd County, Georgia arrived to search for a missing 74-year-old man last year, they found him army crawling through the woods, believing he was back in Vietnam.Lamar Jones had escaped his memory care facility. His wife, Sue Jones, described the scene. “They found him belly crawling, just like army crawling through the woods,” Sue Jones said. “He crawled under a log, just like you would if you were in the war and at some point in time, he found a pi