Wishing on a Star

Wishing On a Star is not only a book to share with our loved one, but a gentle educational tool to help all of us in our journey through the emotional maze [of] Alzheimer's and dementia. --Edie Dykeman ElderCare Cafe Blog, http: //www.eldercarecafe.net/wishing-on-a-star-book-review.html#more-1412 (01/01/2001) A wonderful way to engage with a memory-impaired adult --Peter Rabins, M.D., MPH, Professor of Psychiatry Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine (01/01/2001) I used to buy children's books with big pictures, big words, about animals for my mother, who has advanced dementia. Now to be able to have a book with pictures and words with somebody her age sitting on a chair enjoying the sunset -- it's a really inspired idea. -- (01/01/2001) . . . a book especially recommended to for [sic] anyone having to cope with Alzheimer's, dementia, stroke and other memory-damaging disorders. With simple, colorful illustrations enhancing a deftly written, informed and informative text, Lydia Burdick' [sic] 'Wishing On a Star' is thoroughly 'reader friendly' and a fine addition to any personal or public library collections. -- (01/01/2001) Lydia Burdick's book series is fulfilling an unmet need for reading materials for older persons with memory problems. Our research indicates that these are the kinds of reading materials which these persons may prefer to read at some point in the course of their condition. -- (01/01/2001)