After a stroke : 300 tips for making life easier / by Cleo Hutton.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hutton, Cleo, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Cerebrovascular disease--Popular works.

Cerebrovascular disease.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (159 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, N.Y. : Demos, c2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The American Stroke Association estimates that about 4,800,000 stroke survivors are alive today and about 700,000 people suffer a new or recurrent stroke each year. After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier is addressed to this wide audience. Because hospital stays after a stroke are often short compared to the lengthy period of rehabilitation and gradual return of function, After a Stroke concentrates on the home recovery process after a stroke and assists those patients and their families in attempting to grow from patient back to person. The author, a twelve-year stroke survivor and n

Contents:

section 1. The basics

section 2. Getting ready

section 3. The greatest strength comes from within

section 4. Let's get cookin'

section 5. Let's mention unmentionables

section 6. Let's get moving

section 7. Brain builders

section 8. The importance of love

section 9. Families need care too

section 10. Help is on the way.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 118-119) and index.

ISBN:

1-281-97492-7

9786611974923

1-934559-01-6

OCLC:

462126344