alzheimer's disease

Looks at Alzheimer's disease, examining the ways in which it develops, its symptoms and diagnosis, the effects it has on a person's daily life, and research toward finding better treatments.

Twelve-year-old Elyse's plan to write an award-winning novel during the summer is interrupted when her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease, moves in with the family.

Two men---Seth Walker, a teenager trying to understand the genetic nature of his mother's early onset Alzheimer's, and Abel Haggard, an elderly hunchback who spends his days alone on the family farm thinking about the past--are linked by their mothers' stories of a fantasy world in which the lack of memory is a blessing.

Nine-year-old Tamika uses photographs, school yearbooks, movie ticket stubs, and other mementos to try to restore the memory of her grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease.

Discusses the devastating effects of Alzheimer's disease and offers basic mechanisms for coping with a loved one's illness.

Alice Howland, a fifty-year-old cognitive psychology professor at Harvard, starts to experience early-onset Alzheimer's, initially becoming disoriented around town and eventually losing track of rooms in her home before resigning from Harvard and attempting to hold onto the severe change in her life.

Tom DeBaggio chronicles his experiences with early onset Alzheimer's, discussing how he has dealt with the loss of his memory since he was first diagnosed at the age of fifty-seven.

Fourteen-year-old Sylvie Marchione struggles to deal with school pressure, the return of her absentee father, and her mother's battle with Alzheimer's Disease.