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How to Explain to Children That Their Grandmother Won't Remember Them

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Lauren Turner asked, 

I had a heartbreaking discussion with one of my caregivers who is concerned with how to explain to her 10 year old daughter and 12 year old son that their Grandmother would not remember them.

I was not sure what to recommend to her.

Does anyone have suggestions on how a parent explains the affects of Alzheimer's disease to a child?

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These articles that appeared previously on the Alzheimer's Reading Room also address issues about Alzheimer's and children.

• Alzheimer's and Children
• What is it like for a child to be an Alzheimer’s caregiver?
• Answers to Questions On Being a Young Alzheimer's Caregiver
• GrandPa Do You Know Who I AM -- Maria Shriver HBO Streaming Video

The question above originally appeared in the Alzheimer's Care at Home groupdiscussion on LinkedIn.


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Learning How to Communicate with Someone Suffering From Alzheimer's Disease

As I thought about this I came to a simple conclusion. Instead of trying to change Alzheimer's World, instead of trying to fight Alzheimer's World, not only would I accept Alzheimer's World as a reality, I would go into Alzheimer's World and learn how to communicate effectively...

By Bob DeMarco
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Earlier today, Carole Larkin published an interesting article -- How the Loss of Memory Works in Alzheimer’s Disease, and How Understanding This Could Help You.

Generic Aricept and Namenda Update

Good news on Aricept, major price relief coming soon.

Plus, new formulations of Aricept and Namenda offer great promise.

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com I am getting a lot of search hits from Google on the articles I wrote about generic Aricept and Namenda previously. I decided to put up an update that includes the currrent state of affairs on the patent expiration for both Aricept and Namenda and when the generic formulation will be available to consumers in the United States. Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room

Namenda Goes Generic in 2015, Forest Laboratories (FRX) Settles Law Suits

clipped from www.alzheimersreadingroom.com Under the settlement agreements, the first generic versions of memantine would be able to enter the market on January 11, 2015. Also see: The Combination of Aricept and Namenda Helps Slow the Rate of Decline in Alzheimer's Patients Can the Combination of Aricept and Namenda Keep You Out of a Nursing Home? Original content Bob DeMarco, the Alzheimer's Reading Room

Bratz Dolls Breathe Again After Stunning Ninth Circuit Reversal

clipped from blogs.wsj.com It’s been a while since we heard anything on the Mattel/MGA front. But the Ninth Circuit on Thursday handed down a stunning ruling, essentially reversing much of the December 2008 ruling that gave Mattel the rights to much of MGA’s Bratz products. Click here for the AP story; here for the Bloomberg story; here for the opinion, written by Judge Alex Kozinski and joined by Judges Stephen Trott and Kim Wardlaw. The ruling may force a retrial.