Abraham (art therapy, Beit Berl College) offers guidance for relating to Alzheimer's patients by offering an alternative to impatience. Art therapy appears to reach into a place where words do not matter, enabling people with Alzheimer's disease to communicate their impressions, emotions, memories, and needs. She describes theories about why people with Alzheimer's disease can continue to communicate through their pictures even into advanced stages of their illness. She also offers honest advice on the practicalities of art therapy, gives projects that address different facets of the disease, and describes ways to include art therapy in the lives of people with Alzheimer's. Abraham knows well about what Alzheimer's can do to people and to the people around them. Among the 70 pictures by people with Alzheimer's in her book, she includes several drawn by her own mother. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)