Strategies to Help Students Whose Grandparents Have Alzheimer's Disease

Strategies to Help Students Whose Grandparents Have Alzheimer's Disease

Approximately four million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and family and friends care for 70% of them. The children in these families will experience related confusion, anxiety, and grief. Article aims to heighten school counselors' sensitivity to the unique challenges an...

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Veröffentlicht in:Professional school counseling 1999-04, Vol.2 (4), p.327-333
1. Verfasser: Magnuson, Sandy
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimers Disease
Brochures
Caregivers
Childhood Needs
Children
Communication Skills
Context Effect
Counselor Role
Dementia
Depression (Psychology)
Disease Incidence
Emotional Response
Family (Sociological Unit)
Family Environment
Family Problems
Family School Relationship
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Grandparents
Memory
Mental Disorders
Parents
Peer Relationship
Professional school counselors
Psychological Patterns
School Counseling
School Counselors
Symptoms
Teaching Methods
Young Adults
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Zusammenfassung:Approximately four million Americans are afflicted with Alzheimer's disease and family and friends care for 70% of them. The children in these families will experience related confusion, anxiety, and grief. Article aims to heighten school counselors' sensitivity to the unique challenges and losses students may encounter when their grandparents have this disease. Includes implications for practice. (Author/JDM)
ISSN:1096-2409
2156-759X