alzheimer's disease

Seeks to explain the behaviors of three people, each in a different stage of Alzheimer's disease, providing information about the symptoms, causes, and treatments of the illness.

When eight-year old Amy has to share her bedroom with Grammy who has Alzheimer's disease, she learns to give her the patience she needs.

During a summer at his grandfather's house, young Daniel, with his mother's help, begins to understand Alzheimer's disease and how it affects not only Grandpa, but the entire family, as well.

On the first day of seventh grade when Kat "borrows" a bicycle to go see her dog who was hit the day before by a woman with Alzheimer's disease, she learns about the serious consequences of impetuous actions and manages to make some new friends in the process.

Kim sees a beautiful black horse from her school bus window and is excited by the prospect of having a horse nearby she can visit, but her search for the horse comes up empty, prompting the kids at school--who already gossip that Kim's house is haunted--to say it was a ghost horse, while the anticipated arrival of Kim's Gramma-Lou brings a new kind of trouble.

Examines the history of Alzheimer's, exploring the nature of the disease which slowly robs people of their memories and eventually their lives, and looking at the experiences of some Alzheimer's victims.

Stand-up comic Michael Rosenheim, caring for his Alzheimer's afflicted father, Heshel, begins a search for the truth about himself and his parents after reading Heshel's journals and learning that his father was a Nazi accountant at Bergen-Belsen who assumed the identity of dead Jewish inmate near the end of World War II, and has been living the lie ever since.

When eleven-year-old Tim's beloved grandfather develops Alzheimer's Disease, Tim tries to restore and save him by taking him out for a fishing adventure at the pond, but the outing turns into a disaster.

Tells the story of someone with Alzheimer's Disease, including its progression, symptoms, diagnosis, and treatment.

When Lucy is almost sixteen years old, she spends a summer losing her best friend, dating a boy she previously despised, and watching her beloved grandmother fall victim to Alzheimer's disease.