The September 2008 issue of the Journal of Gerontological Nursing has a nice review of Grandfather's Story Cloth from a point of view we normally don't get in the the children's book business.
"Support of families who are providing care for an older adult with dementia is increasingly being recognized as one of the major interventions nurses and other health care professionals can provide to manage the difficult, progressive disease. This is even more important in families for whom institutional care is not an option because of cultural values of parent care and lank of culturally appropriate facilities, as is true for many Hmong families and those from other Asian and Latino backgrounds.
For care providers, this book is an important source of insight about the Hmong culture and the struggles they face in caring for an elder with dementia; for the Hmong families themselves, the book is a resource they can share with their children."
"Support of families who are providing care for an older adult with dementia is increasingly being recognized as one of the major interventions nurses and other health care professionals can provide to manage the difficult, progressive disease. This is even more important in families for whom institutional care is not an option because of cultural values of parent care and lank of culturally appropriate facilities, as is true for many Hmong families and those from other Asian and Latino backgrounds.
For care providers, this book is an important source of insight about the Hmong culture and the struggles they face in caring for an elder with dementia; for the Hmong families themselves, the book is a resource they can share with their children."
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