{"id":4056,"date":"2017-08-26T15:48:12","date_gmt":"2017-08-26T13:48:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/2017\/08\/26\/grandma-forgets-the-picture-book-that-helps-families-cope-with-pathos-of-dementia\/"},"modified":"2017-08-26T15:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-08-26T13:48:12","slug":"grandma-forgets-the-picture-book-that-helps-families-cope-with-pathos-of-dementia","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/?p=4056","title":{"rendered":"Grandma Forgets: The picture book that helps families cope with pathos of dementia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In a publishing first, Paul Russell uses his own experience to bring the disease out of the shadows for young readersFrom the earliest fairytales warning of the dangers of talking to strangers in the woods, to Roald Dahl\u2019s moral messages about selfishness and greed, stories for children have been useful devices to broach difficult subjects. Now a new picture book tackles an issue largely overlooked by children\u2019s literature, yet which affects an increasing number of families: what happens when a grandparent has dementia?Grandma Forgets, by Paul Russell, tells the story of a little girl dealing with her grandmother\u2019s illness, touching on the cruelty of a condition that robs sufferers of their memories. In the story, Grandma does not recognise family members, forgets how to play their games and frequently loses Dad\u2019s keys. Continue reading&#8230;<br \/>\nVia: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2017\/aug\/26\/grandma-forgets-picture-book-pathos-of-dementia-paul-russell-nicky-johnston\" target=\"_blank\">Grandma Forgets: The picture book that helps families cope with pathos of dementia<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In a publishing first, Paul Russell uses his own experience to bring the disease out of the shadows for young readersFrom the earliest fairytales warning of the dangers of talking to strangers in the woods, to Roald Dahl\u2019s moral messages about selfishness and greed, stories for children have been useful [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4056"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4056\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4056"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4056"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/theworldwidejournal.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4056"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}