Sometimes Even Elephants Forget: A Story About Alzheimers Disease for Young Children - Hardcover

Kathleen Welch, Alan McGillivray

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1455624691 ISBN 13: 9781455624690

Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co., 2019

Synopsis

Author Kathleen Welch and her husband, illustrator Alan McGillivray, provide a childs perspective in their tale for little ones experiencing Alzheimers and dementia in their family. As the elder elephant and her young grandson spend the day together, she forgets her hat, loses her brush, gets lost, confuses her grandsons name, and tells stories of things that happened long ago as if they just occurred. When danger threatens, her love for her family shines through the clouds of her memory and she remembers things she learned as a child.

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Review:

In this simple, enlightening, and nonthreatening story, Kathleen illustrates the behavioral and communication changes in an individual with Alzheimers disease in a way young children can understand and accept. You are here and thats all that matters . . . that says it all! Dana Territo, Director of Services, Alzheimers Services of the Capital Area There are over five million people with Alzheimers disease (AD) today and that number is expected to triple in the next thirty years. Children have a hard time understanding what is happening with a grandparent, uncle, or aunt who is experiencing AD. Adults often have an even harder time trying to find a way to explain or start discussions with children about a loved one who has AD. Books like this play an increasingly important role in helping both children and parents come together around a story, in order to better understand and discuss how AD is impacting a loved one in their family.Jeffrey N. Keller, PhD, CEO Keller-Lamar Health Foundation

About the Author:

Kathleen Welch is an adjunct professor teaching courses in public health at both the University of New England and Tulane University. Before earning her PhD in global health, epidemiology, and sociology from Tulane University in New Orleans, she earned a masters in public health at Tulane and an MA in education and a BA in Russian language and literature from Ohio State University. Her peer-reviewed articles on health issues have appeared in major medical journals across the country. Welch is a member of the Core Committee for developing the Louisiana Alzheimers State Plan and was designated an Alzheimers Association Ambassador for Rep. Cedric Richmond of Louisiana. She is a recipient of the American Psychiatric Associations Public Affairs Network Award, a member of Delta Omega, the honor society in public health, and a named Fulbright Scholar. Welch uses her love of the arts to convey serious messages. Illustrator Alan McGillivray has taught art and design at Tulane School of Architecture, the University of Maine at Farmington, and Mt. Blue Middle School. He is a recipient of the 1997 American Psychiatric Associations Public Affairs Network Award for art created for a mental-health campaign. McGillivray, who has also been named an Advocate for the Alzheimers Association, lives with his wife, author Kathleen Welch, in New Orleans, Louisiana.

About this edition

• Publisher: Pelican Publishing Co.
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1455624691
• ISBN 13: 9781455624690
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 32