Marilyn Daniel's Reward

Rozzie Laney, the 91-year-old woman propped up in her hospital-style bed on this Monday afternoon, didn't respond. She'd had Alzheimer's disease for many years and no longer spoke; glaucoma and cataracts had taken her sight; she couldn't sit up without assistance. She hadn't left this little brick rowhouse in Northwest Washington, shared with her older sister, for years.