Parentification: Caregivers in Crisis

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Parentification: Caregivers in Crisis: The Hidden Toll of Early-Onset Dementia on Minors and Young Adults is about the children and young adults who become caregivers when a parent develops early-onset dementia. Praised as “mature for their age,” they manage medications, doctor visits, and bills while trying to finish school, and the systems around them rarely notice.

Written with clarity and compassion, the book helps parents, educators, counselors, clinicians, and employers recognize young caregivers and respond, with role-based checklists, a 60-second triage path, a 30-day family support plan, and policy recommendations. About 37,000 words, 16 chapters, and 70 cited notes.

Decades of guardianship work shaped a body of writing devoted to memory, dignity, and the families who carry both.

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Decades of guardianship work shaped a body of writing devoted to memory, dignity, and the families who carry both.

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Who This Book Is For

If a child in your family is watching someone they love disappear to Alzheimer’s, they need more than reassurance. They need a story that holds that truth with them. The Memory Box and Charlotte’s Big Surprise was written to give families exactly that — a way to sit with a child in a hard moment and make it feel less alone.

If you are navigating guardianship — as a family member or a professional — you know how fast the paperwork and the pressure pile up. Family and Professional Guardianship walks you through what you need to know, step by step, in plain language. It does not assume a legal background. It assumes you care about getting it right.

And if a young person in your life has been carrying adult responsibilities — running a household, caring for a sick parent, stepping in where no child should have to — Parentification: Caregivers in Crisis shines an honest light on what that costs them, and what families and educators can do about it.

Families with a loved one with Alzheimer's

For families watching a parent lean on a child for support they were never meant to carry alone.

Guardians (family and professional)

For guardians, family or professional, who want to recognize when a young person in the household has quietly taken on adult responsibilities.

Young adult carers and educators

For young adults who grew up caregiving, and the teachers and counselors who are often the first to notice a student carrying too much at home.

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