The Sunshine on My Face A Read-Aloud Book for Memory-Challenged Adults By Lydia Burdick, M.A.

"The colors in this picture book are of a smooth texture, rich, earthy, and satisfying … the images are friendly, open, and restful. It is a gentle work, the tenderness palpable in word and visual experience. There is no doubt that this is generally a very helpful, useful, user-friendly picture book addressing a seriously debilitating challenge."
–Care Management Journals


"This is a special book. I wish we didn't need it, but we desperately do. This book will help husbands, wives, sons and daughters connect with that special someone who is increasingly hard to reach."
—David Shenk, author, The Forgetting: Alzheimer’s: Portrait of An Epidemic


"This is a lovely concept and should be a valued resource for caregivers of memory-impaired persons. It is well done and the reader can improvise additional scenarios following the model pioneered by this book."
—Carl Eisdorfer, M.D., Ph.D., Knight Professor and Director,
University of Miami Center on Aging


"Alzheimer's patients require special kinds of activities. This book appears to be exactly the kind of reading material which is likely to be useful and appreciated by Alzheimer's patients in the moderate and severe stages."
—Barry Reisberg, M.D., Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Clinical Director, Silberstein Aging and Dementia Research Center, New York University School of Medicine


“Unique… I love the concept of a shared reading source. Caregivers are hungry for a source of connection. The physical closeness required for the nature of the product is a plus.”
—Lou Eaves, M.S., CCC-SP, Eaves Solutions, Inc.


“A charming and delightful tool to help family caregivers engage a loved one, who suffers with dementia, and create an intimate bonding experience for both.”
—Jacqueline Marcell, Author, “Elder Rage”, and Host of the “Coping With Caregiving” Internet Radio Program


“This simple book should be a very effective way to promote communication and closeness between a persons with dementia and a conversation partner… The format is great—large enough to fit over two laps.”
—Michelle Bourgeois, Ph.D.,  Department of Communication Disorders, Florida State University


“Lydia Burdick offers caregivers a little ray of sunshine . . . Her book, The Sunshine on My Face, is a treasure born of personal experience.  The words are simple, to the point and eminently readable.  The illustrations are clear, recognizable and pretty to look at. ” 
—Jitka Zgola OT(C), President, Giverny Consultants


"I strongly endorse The Sunshine on My Face. [The author's] desire to stimulate the senses of seeing, touching, hearing, feeling and tasting in dealing with her mother's declining memory is reflected throughout the book.
We have been working with this special population for many years; we believe Burdick has met a great need."
—Alice Watkins, Executive Director Eastern North Carolina Alzheimer's Association



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