Stroke and the Family: A New Guide

Learn the basics of stroke care, and what to expect from the hospital and rehab. This helped me understand how stroke affects people differently (speech, paralysis, etc.). After my brother suffered a stroke at 59, I've read a lot of titles on the topic. This book gives a compact overview of the causes, effects, and treatments. To supplement a book like this, I recommend reading personal accounts of stroke survivors. Those helped me understand the situation from the viewpoint of someone who had experienced it.

My aunt became partially incapacitated by a stroke at the age of 55, and I took on the responsibility of assisting her in her day-to-day activities. I bought a number of books on stroke, but found this one to be by far the most comprehensive and sensitively written on the subject. Dr. Stein's book describes the wide range of severity that strokes can take and offers in-depth guidance on how best to adapt to life after stroke. I especially appreciated that the author explained the medical implications of stroke in layperson's terms that I could understand without a scientific background. If you buy one book on this subject, let this be the one -- I recommend this book without reservation to anyone whose family has been touched by stroke.