Strokes [Mass Market Paperback]

Elaine Fantle Shimberg (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 13, 1990

When someone you love survives a stroke, you may feel overwhelmed with worry about your family member's future and confused by all the medical information. Acclaimed medical writer Elaine Shimberg, whose parents have both survived strokes, can help you and your family understand how to act quickly and effectively to provide the best treatment possible.

Shimberg has interviewed over a hundred patients and their families; speech, occupational, and physical therapists; physicians; nurses; and psychologists to offer a thoughtful and loving guide to every step of stroke patient care.You will learn:
-- Who in your family might be stroke-prone
-- Emergency room procedures and tests, and what your role in the hospital should be
-- How to ease the patient's transition out of the hospital and back into the home
-- When to turn to a nursing home for help, and how to choose one
-- How you can help in the rehabilitation process
-- How to cope with stroke-related stress, depression, and communication problems
-- A complete diet and exercise program for stroke survivors
-- And much more

Includes a Comprehensive List of Rehab Centers and Helpful Government Agencies

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

Drawing on personal experiences (both her parents were stroke victims) and material gathered through extensive interviewing of stroke patients, families, and health professionals, the author presents a multidimensional picture containing a plethora of solid information. She provides clear definitions of medical terms, including a lucid exposition of the nature of stroke, and also addresses physical, mental, and psychological changes, the hospital experience, the role of a rehabilitation center, home care and nursing home options, and support systems for the caregivers. With her personable writing style, Shimberg sounds like a good friend offering reassurance, guidance, and support. Most of the information here can be found scattered in various directories, but this book is a handy one-volume reference guide for families coping with the myriad problems created by the incapacity of a loved one.
- Carol R. Glatt, VA Medical Ctr., Philadelphia
Copyright 1990 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From the Inside Flap

When someone you love survives a stroke, you may feel overwhelmed with worry about your family member's future and confused by all the medical information. Acclaimed medical writer Elaine Shimberg, whose parents have both survived strokes, can help you and your family understand how to act quickly and effectively to provide the best treatment possible.

Shimberg has interviewed over a hundred patients and their families; speech, occupational, and physical therapists; physicians; nurses; and psychologists to offer a thoughtful and loving guide to every step of stroke patient care.You will learn:
-- Who in your family might be stroke-prone
-- Emergency room procedures and tests, and what your role in the hospital should be
-- How to ease the patient's transition out of the hospital and back into the home
-- When to turn to a nursing home for help, and how to choose one
-- How you can help in the rehabilitation process
-- How to cope with stroke-related stress, depression, and communication problems
-- A complete diet and exercise program for stroke survivors
-- And much more

Includes a Comprehensive List of Rehab Centers and Helpful Government Agencies

Product Details

• Mass Market Paperback: 235 pages
• Publisher: Ballantine Books; 1st edition (October 13, 1990)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0345362098
• ISBN-13: 978-0345362094
• Product Dimensions: 6.8 x 4.1 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 5.3 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,993,834 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Elaine Fantle Shimberg was born in Yankton, South Dakota in 1937. She grew up in Fort Dodge, Iowa, detailed in her memoir, GROWING UP JEWISH IN SMALL TOWN AMERICA, although her last two years of her teens was in Sioux City, Iowa. She graduated from Northwestern University. Her first book was published in 1979 and her memoir marks her 23rd book. She's appeared on numerous national radio and TV shows including the TODAY show and AM CHICAGO where she was interviewed by then-little known Oprah.For five years she co-hosted a women's talk show on WFLA-TV in Tampa. Her RELIEF FROM IBS was selected as one of "Best Lay Medical Books for Public Libraries" by LIBRARY JOURNAL. Her articles have appeared in READER'S DIGEST, MEN'S HEALTH, SEVENTEEN, ESSENCE,WRITER'S DIGEST, and others. In 2002, she received an Honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from the University of South Florida. She served as chairman of the Board for Tampa's St. Joseph's Hospitals and presently is the chairman of the Hospitals' Foundation. Elaine is married, has five adult children, and ten grandchildren. She resides in Tampa, Florida and spends much of her summer in Maine.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent, simple language, encouraging!, May 13, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Strokes (Mass Market Paperback)

I found this book after my mother suffered her first stroke. I only wish I had found it earlier, it would have saved me a lot of frustration. I didn't understand what my mom was going through or her thoughts. The book opened my eyes. Now that I'm a medical social worker I recommend it highly to everyone who is a family member or caregiver of a person who had suffered from a stroke. Thank you Elaine for your time, research. It's a great little book of knowledge, I'm ordering 10 copies to give to my clients. MSW, LSW

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars I keep copies on hand, January 31, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Strokes (Mass Market Paperback)

I really like this book. I keep several copies on hand, and when I hear of someone with coping with a stroke in the family I have one to give to them right away.

5.0 out of 5 stars Every family needs a copy!, December 2, 2004

By 

John Hancock (Denver, Colorado) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Strokes (Mass Market Paperback)

The odds are that stroke happens to just about every family sooner or later.

To help any family to deal with it, this is the book to have.

Learn who might be stroke-prone and what your role in the hospital should be.

Highly recommended. In fact, get it BEFORE you need it.