When a family member has alzheimer’s disease ad it affects everyone in the family including children and grandchildren it it’s important to talk to them…

Try: When a family member has alzheimer’s disease ad it affects everyone in the family including children and grandchildren it it’s important to talk to them about what is happening how much and what kind of information you share depends on the child child’s age it also depends on his or her relationship to the person with ad possible suggestions give children information about ad that they can understand there are good books about ad for children of all ages some are listed on the alzheimer alzheimer’s disease education and referral adear center website www nia nih gov alzheimers information references "caring for a person with alzheimer’s disease your easy-to-use guide from the national institute on aging" by national institute on aging 2011 available at www nia nih gov

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Categories: Sage, Topic, Communication, Emotional Psychological, Medical Physical, Social, Verbal Communication, So-So Verbal Comm, Poor Verbal Comm, Cognitive Awareness, Somewhat Aware, Unaware, Long-Term Memory, So-So L T Memory, Poor L T Memory, Short-Term Memory, So-So S T Memory, Poor S T Memory

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Keywords: Communication children child grandchildren grandchild memory loss cognitive impairment

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