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November is National Alzheimer's Disease Awareness Month
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Alzheimer's is a progressive and fatal brain disease. According to the Alzheimer's Association, "As many as 5.3 million Americans are living with Alzheimer’s disease. Alzheimer's destroys brain cells, causing memory loss and problems with thinking and behavior severe enough to affect work, lifelong hobbies or social life. Alzheimer’s gets worse over time, and it is fatal. Today it is the seventh-leading cause of death in the United States."
If you have a family member or family friend who is affected by Alzheimer's, it is important for you to explain the disease, as best you can, to your kids so that they can understand changes that have occurred or that may occur as time progresses.
A great place to start is with the book, What's Happening to Grandpa?, by Maria Shriver, California's First Lady. Maria Shriver's father, Sargent Shriver, suffers from Alzheimer's. In this book, Maria Shriver explains the disease for children and young teens in order to help them cope with a grandparent's Alzheimer's. The book is available through Bookshop Santa Cruz, Barnes and Noble, Borders, and other retailers. It sells for about $15.00. Or you can borrow it from the San Jose or Santa Clara libraries.
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