Prayer for Caregivers of People with Alzheimer's Disease

Lord, I pray today for the people who care for men and women with Alzheimer’s disease.
You know how hard their work is, how scant their resources, and how heavy their burdens.
Perhaps tending to the needs of a stranger, perhaps caring tirelessly for a loved one they have known for years,
their hearts are, at times, filled with sorrow
and at other times delighted by the glimmers of who once was but is no more.
Indeed, the person they care for is slipping away, unable to be what they once were or act as they once did,
and this makes the life of the caregiver that much more difficult.