When Your Spouse Has a Stroke
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When Your Spouse Has a Stroke

Caring for Your Partner, Yourself, and Your Relationship

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eBook - ePub

When Your Spouse Has a Stroke

Caring for Your Partner, Yourself, and Your Relationship

About this book

A stroke can alter two people's lives in an instant. For the person who has had a stroke, simple tasks suddenly become difficult or impossible. For that person's partner, life seems to revolve mostly around the stroke survivor's needs. Such a drastic change naturally requires making many, sometimes taxing, adjustments. In this book, two experts in stroke recovery help couples deal with the impact of stroke on their lives and their relationship.

Drs. Sara and Jeffrey Palmer explain how to overcome three major challenges:

• providing quality care for your partner
• maintaining or rebuilding your relationship
• caring for yourself as an individual

The book invites you into the lives of real couples who are themselves coping with these challenges. Their experiences model how you can improve essential aspects of your relationship, including communication, roles and responsibilities, and sexuality. A list of practical tips summarizes each chapter, providing a handy reference guide to meeting each day's challenges.

More than just a discussion of the medical and practical aspects of stroke and stroke recovery, this book focuses on the emotional, psychological, and social consequences of stroke and the deeply personal side of caregiving. When Your Spouse Has a Stroke will relieve your burden and strengthen your partnership.

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Yes, you can access When Your Spouse Has a Stroke by Sara Palmer,Jeffrey B. Palmer in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Medicine & Caregiving. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Information

Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Year
2011
eBook ISBN
9781421400051
Topic
Medicine
Subtopic
Caregiving

Table of contents

  1. Cover page
  2. Title page
  3. Copyright page
  4. Dedication
  5. Contents
  6. Acknowledgments
  7. Prologue: Setting the Stage for Life after Stroke
  8. Introduction: When Stroke Moves In How Stroke Affects You and Your Marriage
  9. CHAPTER 1: The Secret Ingredient Stroke and Social Support
  10. CHAPTER 2: You Are the One Balancing the Roles of Caregiver and Marriage Partner
  11. CHAPTER 3: A Fine Romance Sex and Intimacy after Stroke
  12. CHAPTER 4: Give Me a Break Support for the Caregiving Spouse
  13. CHAPTER 5: In Sickness and in Health Rebuilding Your Marriage after Stroke
  14. CHAPTER 6: ’Til Death Do Us Part Going the Distance with Your Spouse after Stroke
  15. EPILOGUE: From This Day On The Future of Caregiving
  16. Notes
  17. Resources