Explaining Alzheimer’s Disease to Young Children Through Books.
Trying to help a young child understand what Alzheimer’s Disease is and how it is changing their Grandmother or Grandfather?
Sometimes the best way is through reading fiction.
There are a number of well written books for children about Alzheimer’s Disease and how it affects the family. Here’s a few to start off with:
Singing with Momma Lou by Linda Jacobs Altman (review)
Flowers for Grandpa Dan by Connie McIntyre and Louise McIntyre (review)
What’s Happened to Grandpa? by Maria Shriver and Sandra Speidel (review)
More books are listed at the Alzheimer’s Bibliography for Children and Teenagers.
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2 opinions for Explaining Alzheimer’s Disease to Young Children Through Books.
Mary Emma Allen
Jul 22, 2007 at 8:10 am
I’m pleased to see more and more books about Alzheimer’s are written for children. When my mom was in the nursing home, her roommate’s daughter asked me (knowing I am a children’s author) if there were any books for children explaining Alzheimer’s. Her children couldn’t understand why Grandma didn’t know them.
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