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What's Wrong With Grandma?: A Family's Experience With Alzheimer's (Young Readers)
What's Wrong With Grandma?: A Family's Experience With Alzheimer's (Young Readers)
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Every day, children of all ages are forced to confront the reality that a family member has Alzheimer's Disease. With so many "adult" discussions going on, a child sometimes feels left out and confused. What's Wrong with Grandma? speaks to the children trying to cope with an elder who's acting very strange.
Young Ellen expresses, as only a child can, the frustration, sadness, and even anger felt toward Grandma's peculiar behavior, her lapses of memory, and her unexplained fears. But she also captures the warmth and humor of special moments the family shares with Grandma.
"The first person narration allows one to empathize with Ellen, her family, and Grandma. The student will gain a better understanding about Alzheimer's through Ellen's tale of frustration in coping with her grandmother. Use this book for study units about grandparents and terminal diesases, and read it aloud. Excellent in every detail - a must purchase." -Oklahoma Department of Education, Library Media Section
"Sensitively written, the book maintains a careful balance between expressing a child's honest perspective and retaining the dignity of the grandmother." -Boston Herald
"A sadly necessary, accurate child's perspective of a debilitating disease." -Booklist
"Although written for the older child, there is much in this book which younger children will find helpful." -Parent and Preschooler Newsletter
"We concentrate so much energy on the caregiver, the bereaved spouse, the health professional, ethics, etc., when we talk about Alzheimer's Disease that we may forget it affects young children as well. Ordinarily the response is to shield them from the disease. Children, by their very innocence, can bring out warmth and calm in the Alzheimer's person. They need some preparation and explanation. What's Wrong with Grandma? fits the bill nicely." -American Reporter
Young Ellen expresses, as only a child can, the frustration, sadness, and even anger felt toward Grandma's peculiar behavior, her lapses of memory, and her unexplained fears. But she also captures the warmth and humor of special moments the family shares with Grandma.
"The first person narration allows one to empathize with Ellen, her family, and Grandma. The student will gain a better understanding about Alzheimer's through Ellen's tale of frustration in coping with her grandmother. Use this book for study units about grandparents and terminal diesases, and read it aloud. Excellent in every detail - a must purchase." -Oklahoma Department of Education, Library Media Section
"Sensitively written, the book maintains a careful balance between expressing a child's honest perspective and retaining the dignity of the grandmother." -Boston Herald
"A sadly necessary, accurate child's perspective of a debilitating disease." -Booklist
"Although written for the older child, there is much in this book which younger children will find helpful." -Parent and Preschooler Newsletter
"We concentrate so much energy on the caregiver, the bereaved spouse, the health professional, ethics, etc., when we talk about Alzheimer's Disease that we may forget it affects young children as well. Ordinarily the response is to shield them from the disease. Children, by their very innocence, can bring out warmth and calm in the Alzheimer's person. They need some preparation and explanation. What's Wrong with Grandma? fits the bill nicely." -American Reporter
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