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Children and memory loss

A program designed to help children cope when an adult they love has a dementing illness

University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Kathleen C. Buckwalter, PhD, RN

University of Iowa College of Nursing, Iowa City, Iowa

JoEllen Crowe, BSN

Nurse Clinician I, Psychiatry Nursing Division, University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics, Iowa City, Iowa

Alzheimer's disease and related disorders are often described as having significant effects on all family members. Yet, while there is much research and programming devoted to caregivers, spouses and adult children, the effects of the disease process on young children in the family are often overlooked. The program described in this article was apilotprogram designed to assist children with a better comprehension of dementing illness and to promote parent/child communication about this topic.

American Journal of Alzheimer's Disease and Other Dementias®, Vol. 5, No. 2, 37-43 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/153331759000500208


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