Table of Contents

Preface. The Basics: Tips About Plateau's in Recovery; Tips Toward Improving Communication: Relearning Vocabulary Choices; Tips to Assist Reading And Comprehension; Tips on Controlling Emotional Liability; Tips for Differences Between Anger and Rage; Tips for Frequent Rest Periods; Tips for Accepting Assistance; Tips for Safety Issues during Adaptations; Tips for Storing and Dispensing Medications; Tips for Special Equipment. Getting Ready: Tips for Personal Care; Bathing or Showering; Adaptive Aids; Tips for Transfers; Tips for Dressing and Undressing; Tips for Nail Care; Tips for Shaving; Tips for Hair Care; Tips for Dental Care. The Greatest Strength Comes From Within: Tips for Improving Self-Esteem; Tips for Foraging Through Financial Fallout; The No Joke Stroke or How Humor Helps Heal. Let's Get Cookin': Tips to Improve Mealtimes; Tips for Cooking; Tips for Cleaning; Tips for Carrying Things; Tips for Home Maintenance. Let's Mention Unmentionables: Tips for Controlling Urinary Incontinence. Let's Get Moving: Tips for Using the Telephone; Tips for Mobility; Tips for Car Transfers; Tips for Airline Travel; Tips for Adaptive Recreation (gardening, bowling, golf, fishing, card games); Tips for Driving Post-Stroke. Brain Builders: Tips Regarding Relaxation; Tips for Alleviating Pain; Tips for Building New Connections in the Brain - Sensory Input; Tips for Organization; Tips for Exercising the Stroke Affected Side of Your Body; Tips for Television Program Viewing that Builds Brain Power; Tips for Using a Computer; Tips for a Home Office; Tips and Tidbits; Tips for Pet Owners After Stroke. The Importance of Love: Tips to Improve Intimacy; Tips for Positioning; Tips for Touch and Sight. Preventing Another Stroke: Tips for Stroke Prevention. Preventing Another Stroke: Tips for Stroke Prevention. Families Need Care Too: Tips for Family Members; Positive Strokes; Tips about Children of Stroke Heroes. Help is on the Way: Resources; Afterward; About the Author.

About the Author

Cleo Hutton is the coauthor of Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal. She is a well-respected author, speaker, nurse and advocate for stroke awareness and recovery. She is also a stroke survivor. Ms. Hutton lectures around

Reviews

""Hutton discusses adaptive equipment, emotional liability, and the impact on family.Most of all, however, she talks about getting through the day and night--pillow arrangement, television, naps, and how to play cards and slice vegetables safely.... Her book should reside on the shelves of public libraries, consumer health libraries, and private collections of physicians, nurses, and counselors; highly recommended.""--Library Journal ""Hutton is a nurse and an encouraging facilitator, and she will get you back on your feet following a stroke. Her area of expertise is post-stroke recovery at home, and as a 12-year stroke survivor, she certainly knows her stuff... Hutton inspires hope, a vital soothing force in the road to recovery."" -- Kirkus Reports ""For the new stroke survivor, this book is helpful in not only providing specific tips but also in showing how stroke recovery is a journey. For those who may be further from the event and actively seeking new paths to recovery new ideas are provided. If you looking for a gift for someone who is new to stroke or in the first few years following a stroke, this is a good option.""--Stroke Network