| After a Stroke Contributor(s): Hutton, Cleo (Author) |
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ISBN: 1932603115 ISBN-13: 9781932603118 Publisher: Demos Medical Publishing OUR PRICE: $15.26 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2005 * Not available - Not in print at this time *Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Health & Fitness | Diseases - Nervous System (incl. Brain) - Health & Fitness | Healing |
| Dewey: 616.810 |
| LCCN: 2005007542 |
| Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.14" W x 8.94" (0.59 lbs) 160 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: An essential resource for all stroke survivors and their families and caregivers With more than 300 tips, this useful guide offers tried and true methods for coping with the aftermath of a stroke. Written by a stroke survivor and nurse, After a Stroke provides ideas, techniques, and exercises to help:
After a Stroke contains everything families and fellow stroke survivors need to know to live a full life post-stroke. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hutton, Cleo: - Cleo Hutton, Author, Speaker, and Advocate for Stroke Awareness and Recovery Issues Cleo Hutton authored After a Stroke: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier, Demos Medical Publishing, in 2005, and coauthored, with Louis R. Caplan, MD, Striking Back at Stroke: A Doctor-Patient Journal, in 2003. She also contributed to the books Stroke by Louis R. Caplan, MD, and Brain Attack, the Journey Back, edited by Liz Pearl. Cleo is a 24-year ischemic stroke survivor and has had prior working experience in nursing. Her extensive campaign to spread the word about stroke awareness and recovery has been carried on national radio shows and television broadcasts, including CNN Health, and featured in several magazines, including Prevention, Cerebrum, and Stroke Smart. Cleo is a compassionate speaker who uses her heart, humor, and experience to deliver a message of hope and healing by breaking paradigms rooted in myths and misconceptions concerning stroke. In 2014, Cleo received the 16th Annual Journey Award from Essentia Health Rehabilitation Services at Essentia Health, Duluth, Minnesota. In 2006, she received Northland News Center's Women in Leadership Award. In 1996, she received the American Heart and Stroke Hero Award. At the young age of 50, Cleo graduated with honors from the University of Minnesota Duluth with a major in English and a minor in professional writing and communication. She chose these subjects in order to relearn communication and aid comprehension, reading, and writing skills. The mother of three adult children and a grandmother, Cleo lives in Minnesota with her two Tabby cats, Buddy and Lucy. Cleo is an avid reader who knits and exercises daily. She also volunteers for numerous community services and events. The name, Cleo Hutton, is a pseudonym for medical and family privacy. |