After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier [Paperback]

Cleo Hutton (Author), RN, Cleo Hutton (Author)

Book Description

Series: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier | Publication Date: June 10, 2005

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, assisting patients and their families in the transition from patient back to person. Author Cleo Hutton, herself a twelve-year stroke survivor and nurse, gives readers tips she learned and used herself during her recovery. She addresses topics such as communication, emotional liability, safety issues, personal care, relaxation techniques, and intimacy issues. The book frankly discusses self-esteem issues and using humor as a healing tool — no subject is off limits. Over 300 tips cover everything from dressing, hair care, cooking, and airline travel to using a computer and alleviating pain. After a Stroke describes in detail how to accomplish daily living routines, combat fatigue, enjoy recreational activities, and how to turn stroke deficits into assets. Hutton leaves no gaps in relating what families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post stroke.

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About the Author

Cleo Hutton, LPN, is a stroke survivor, lecturer, journalist and author advocating for stroke awareness and recovery. She lives in Duluth, Minnesota.

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Demos Health; 1 edition (June 10, 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1932603115
• ISBN-13: 978-1932603118
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6.1 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.6 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #47,140 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Strokes
  • #27 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Aging > Heart Disease
  • #28 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Disorders & Diseases > Nervous System

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43 of 43 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 300 Great Tips from a Stroke Survivor, July 6, 2005

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Linda M. Wisman (Mt. Prospect, Il USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier (Paperback)

"After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier" is just what the title suggests. Cleo Hutton,a 12 year stroke survivor, shares what she has learned during the course of her own stroke recovery. This is not a book written by someone looking from the outside, but rather contains learnings from the inside, from the perspective of a stroke survivor.
 
In the preface Hutton explains the event of stroke. Topics covered include what happened, risk factors, and an introduction to stroke recovery. A stated goal is to help survivors gain more independence. New stroke survivors and family members will find her context useful. The beginning of the book has many tips for those new to stroke. She covers areas, which may have been covered in therapy. It is often difficult to remember everything you have been taught in therapy. Therefore this book can serves as a reminder. It also covers areas which therapists may have missed or which you may not remember.
 
Hutton covers a lot of ground. In addition to basics, like showering and dressing, areas covered include cooking, using the telephone, car transfers, airline travel, adaptive recreation and driving. Tips for building new brain connections, pet care and using the computer are given. Other categories include home maintenance, carrying things, laundry and moving furniture. She spends some time writing about relationships, partners, family and friends.
 
One helpful section is on self-esteem. In this segment Hutton writes about changes, which occur with stroke, and the need for positive thinking. She touches on the need for humor.
 
As the stroke survivor progresses in their recovery some original adaptations may no longer be needed. In the book the stroke survivor may discover advise in areas that were not possible at the time of prescribed therapy. The plethora of tips has something for everyone.
 
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.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A Must Read, January 7, 2010

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C. Van Bolt (Tuolumne County, CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier (Paperback)

I wish I had found this book right after my stroke - lots of great information and tips for a stroke survivor and their family. This book will give you the information and self-esteem to get yourself (the survivor) back on track.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars 300 tips for stroke victims, July 22, 2011

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This book gives tips on anything you can think of from nail care to needing love and includes equipment to help you as well. It also gives a guide to mental health with suggesting laughter as a medicine. Another must have book.