On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for Fourth of July But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for a summer picnic But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

On some days, seven-year old Julie feels like she's living in a Fun House. Hers is a topsy-turvy world where the toaster sprouts a toothbrush, and a watermelon gets dressed up in pink underpants for a summer picnic But on other days, Julie struggles with understanding why her Halloween trick-or-treating got cancelled, or why Grandma can't remember her name. Julie is struggling with understanding her grandmother's Alzheimer's disease. Authors Max Wallack and Carolyn Given believe that no child is too young to learn about this disease, or how to participate in providing safe care for their loved one. Why Did Grandma Put Her Underwear in the Refrigerator? is a sensitive, light-hearted children's story that seamlessly provides its young readers with a toolbox to help them overcome their fears and frustrations. It shares easy-to-understand explanations of what happens inside the brains of Alzheimer's patients, how to cope with gradual memory loss, with a missed holiday, or even a missing Grandma This 40-page fully illustrated children's book is told from a second-grader's perspective in her own style and vocabulary, but it lovingly shares real strategies, scientific insights and lessons of dignity from which adult caregivers may also benefit. Max Wallack has received numerous national awards for his work on behalf of Alzheimer's patients. These include the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, and the President's Call to Service Medal. He has published in respected journals in the field of Alzheimer's disease and has presented his work at national and international conferences. Carolyn Given is an experienced caregiver herself and an acclaimed middle and high school educator with particular interest in intergenerational programming. Prior to her teaching career, she served as her town's Council on Aging Director and later became cover-story writer and editor of The Senior Advocate (now called the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper), a Massachusetts-based mature market publication. Most recently she was the recipient of an award from the Soul-Making Keats Literary Competition sponsored by the National League of American Pen Women. Together, Max and Carolyn have created a book that is a necessity for the millions of children and grandchildren who are currently dealing with this incurable disease.

Certains jours, la petite Julie agee de 7 ans trouve que sa vie est tres marrante dans sa maison. C'est un monde ou le grille-pain rejette des brosses a dents et ou la pasteque achetee pour faire un pique-nique porte des sous-vetements rose D'autres jours, elle doit faire preuve de plus de comprehension surtout quand sa fete d'Halloween est annulee ou que sa grand-mere ne se souvient plus de son prenom. En effet, cette derniere souffre de la Maladie d'Alzheimer. Pour les auteurs Max Wallack et Carolyn Given, les enfants ne sont pas trop jeunes pour comprendre la Maladie d'Alzheimer et savoir comment aider la personne malade a leur petit niveau. Pourquoi Grand-Mere a-t-elle mis ses sous-vetements dans le Refrigerateur ? est une petite histoire pour enfants a la fois sensible et drole donnant aux jeunes lecteurs des informations pour les aider a surmonter leurs craintes. L'ouvrage propose des explications faciles a comprendre sur ce qui se passe dans le cerveau de la personne malade, faire face a l'evolution de la perte de memoire, aux vacances manquees et meme aux comportements de fugue qui peuvent apparaitre. Cet ouvrage illustre aborde avec les mots d'une enfant de 7 ans, quelques astuces ainsi qu'une reflexion autour de la recherche et de la dignite des personnes malades. Max Wallack, agee de 17 ans, a ete recompense de nombreuses fois aux Etats-Unis pour son travail et son implication envers les Malades d'Alzheimer. Notamment par des prix tels que the Nestle Very Best in Youth Award, the Citizen's Bank Trufit Good Citizen Scholarship, the Diller Teen Tikkun Olam Award, the Jefferson Award for Public Service, the Daughters of the American Revolution Community Service Award, et the President's Call to Service Medal. Il a aussi publie de nombreux articles dans plusieurs journaux et participe a de nombreuses conferences sur la Maladie d'Alzheimer. Carolyn Given est une aidante familiale et educatrice scolaire reconnue ayant un interet particulier pour les programmes intergenerationnels. Avant de devenir editrice de la revue intitulee aujourd'hui the Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper, elle etait aussi responsable du Conseil des personnes agees de sa ville. Plus recemment, elle a ete recompensee par la ligue nationale des femmes ecrivains pour sa publication au Concours Litteraire Soul-Making Keats. Ensemble, Max et Carolyn ont ecrit ce livre pour les enfants et petits-enfants qui doivent faire face a la Maladie d'Alzheimer dans leur vie quotidienne.

An manchen Tagen fuhlt es sich fur die siebenjahrige Julia an, als ob sie in einem Spass-Haus lebt. Ihre Welt ist eine verdrehte Welt. Aus dem Toaster spriesst eine Zahnburste und eine Wassermelone wird zum Sommerfest mit einer rosa Unterhose eingekleidet Aber an anderen Tagen kampft sie damit, zu verstehen, warum sie an Halloween nicht zur Susses oder Saures"-Tour mitgehen darf, oder weshalb Oma sich nicht an ihren Namen erinnern kann. Julia fallt es schwer, die Alzheimer-Erkrankung ihrer Oma zu begreifen. Die Autoren Max Wallack und Caroly Given sind uberzeugt, dass kein Kind zu jung ist, um Wesentliches uber diese Krankheit zu erfahren, oder in eine sichere Betreuung ihrer Lieben miteinbezogen zu werden. "WARUM LEGT OMA IHRE UNTERWASCHE IN DEN KUHLSCHRANK?," ist eine sensible, heitere Geschichte fur Kinder, welche ihren jungen Lesern ein hilfreiche Unterstutzung bietet, um deren Angste und Frustrationen zu uberwinden. Sie gibt leicht zu verstehende Erklarungen daruber, was im Gehirn von Alzheimer-Patienten geschieht, wie man Situationen, wie schrittweisen Gedachtnisverlust, einen verdorbenen Feiertag oder sogar eine vermisste Oma, bewaltigen kann Das 40-seitige, reich bebilderte Kinderbuch wird aus der Perspektive einer Zweitklasslerin in ihrem eigenen Stil und Wortschatz erzahlt. Liebevoll vermittelt es reale Verhaltensweisen, wissenschaftliche Erkenntnisse und Lektionen von Wurde und Wertvorstellungen, wovon erwachsene Bezugspersonen/Betreuer ebenfalls profitieren konnen. Max Wallack (17) hat zahlreiche nationale Auszeichnungen fur seine Arbeit als Vertreter der Alzheimer Patienten erhalten. Dazu zahlen, die Nestle Very Best in Youth"- Auszeichnung, das Citizens Bank Trufit Good Cititzen" - Stipendium, die Diller Teen Tikkun Olam" - Auszeichnung, der Jefferson-Preis" fur Offentlichkeitsarbeit, der Gemeinde-Preis der Daughters of the American Revolution," und die Presidents Call to Service" Medaille. Mehrfach publizierte er auf dem Gebiet der Alzheimer-Krankheit in angesehenen Fachzeitschriften, und stellte seine Arbeit auf nationalen und internationalen Konferenzen vor. Carolyn Given ist selbst eine erfahrene Pflegekraft, und gefeierte Mittel- und Hochschulpadagogin, mit einem besonderen Interesse an internationalen Konzepten. Vor ihrer Lehrtatigkeit war sie Geschaftsfuhrerin des Seniorenrats ihrer Stadt, und wurde dann Redakteurin und Autorin der Titelgeschichten des *Senior Advocate* ( inzwischen umbenannt zu *The Fifty Plus Advocate Newspaper*), eine, in Massachusetts ansassige, Zeitung fur Leser reiferen Alters. Erst kurzlich war sie Empfangerin der Auszeichnung des *Soul-Making Keats* Literaturwettbewerbs, gesponsert von der *Nationalen Liga Amerikanischer Schriftstellerinnen*. Max und Carolyn haben gemeinsam ein langst notwendiges Buch gestaltet, fur die Millionen von Kindern und Enkelkindern, die derzeit mit dieser unheilbaren Krankheit umgehen musse