You never think it will happen to you or someone you love. Most people are unaware that stroke is the leading cause of disability in adults and the third leading cause of death. Stroke doesn't just affect an individual. It impacts everyone who has a relationship with the person who has had the stroke. HealthSouth has long known this encompassing impact of stroke—its pain, its emotional damage, its debilitating after-effects—not only for its survivors, but the loved ones in its wake. In this newest fourth edition of Living with Stroke: A Guide for Families, you will find the latest up-to-date information on stroke including the newest facts and figures on the cutting-edge theories of neural plasticity and how the brain repairs itself. Here, too, in clear, easy-to-understand language is the entire process of rehabilitation, as well as the mechanisms that can create a stroke. You will learn why the correct type of rehabilitation is essential and how to pick a rehabilitation facility.

La Vida Despues De Un Accidente Cerebrovascular: Una Guia para la Familia

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Senelick MD, Richard C.

Exercise & Fitness

Healthsouth Press

Spinal cord injury is so traumatic because while the body is immobile, the brain is intact. You know what is going on. You know the full extent of the injury. But because you can think, because you are still the same person, you can learn how to return to your life—or begin anew. Education becomes your lifeline. This important source book will guide you through the sometimes overwhelming maze of getting back. It addresses your fears, concerns, and your questions with authority and compassion. In simple, easy-to-understand terms, you'll learn about the six major arenas you need to understand for optimum health and rehabilitation success. You'll learn the nuts and bolts of spinal cord injury rehabilitation, from specific exercises to finding the best wheelchair for you, and much more. A resource you will refer to over and over again, this handbook will become an invaluable tool for your rehabilitation, your care—and the rest of your life.

La Lesion De La Medula Espinal: Manual Para Los Pacientes Y Su Familia

You never think it will happen to you or someone you love. We all know people who have heart disease or cancer, but we think that a stroke happens to other people, not us. Most people are unaware that it is the leading cause of disability in adults and the third leading cause of death. However, when stroke happens to family members, loved ones, and friends we are suddenly in need of information. Stroke doesn't just affect an individual. It impacts everyone who has a relationship with the person who has had the stroke HealthSouth has long known this encompassing impact of stroke -- its pain, its emotional damage, its debilitating after-effects -- not only on its survivors, but the loved ones in its wake. No one knows more that when stroke strikes, you need information, support, and advice fast. In this newest 4th edition of Living with Stroke: A Guide for Families, you will find the latest up to date information on stroke. Here, stroke patients and their families, friends, and caregivers can find the newest facts and figures on the cutting edge theories of neural plasticity and how the brain repairs itself. Here, too, in clear, easy-to-understand language is the entire process of rehabilitation - as well as the mechanisms that can create a stroke. You will learn why the correct type of rehabilitation is essential and most importantly, how to pick a rehabilitation facility for yourself or your loved one. It may be one of the most important decisions you will make and this book gives you the tools to make an informed decision.

Living With Stroke: A Guide for Families

Living With Brain Injury is an important resource for patients and families who are recovering from an acquired brain injury. In clear language, the book explains how to cope with the physical, cognitive, and behavioral changes that take place after a brain injury occurs. Previous editions of this book have been called the one book to read and keep at your side.

Living With Brain Injury: A Guide for Patients and Families

Richard C. Senelick MD

Diseases & Physical Ailments

The fifth edition of Living with Stroke updates this highly popular guide for patients and families. There are 800,000 strokes each year and this book provides survivors and families with the wide variety of information and resources in one location. It has received widespread praise from professionals and laymen for its clarity and readability.

Living With Stroke: A Guide for Patients and Their Families

With this companion DVD to Living With Brain Injury, facts are reinforced and insights into brain injury are made clear. This informative, lively seventy-five-minute video contains high-quality graphics and actual pictures of the human brain to show areas of damage, explain brain repair and healing mechanisms, and the major symptoms and problems that occur after brain injury. Designed for viewing again and again, Dr. Senelick's teaching style makes learning of the material easy and fun. This DVD is an excellent tool not only for families of brain-injured patients, but also for therapists, students, educators, caregivers, attorneys, and healthcare professionals.

Brain Injury DVD: A Look Inside

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