A Stroke in the Family
Contributors: 3rd Edition edited by David Worsley
Edition: 3rd.
Publisher: East Kent Strokes
Published: May 7th 2010
Place of publication: England
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 134
ISBN-13: 9780956512604
Subjects: home health & caring
First sentence: When Patricia Neal was hit by a massive series of strokes, the surgeon, the nurses and her husband, Roald Dahl, had to fight for her life.
Description: Recovery techniques for family and friends of stroke or other brain damaged victims.
This book provides clear sensible advice on how to help someone with communication problems as well as conveying a real sense of optimism that is unfortunately so often lacking from health professionals.

"The amount of treatment that Pat received in a week using the system described in this book probably equates to the total amount received by the average stroke patient in the UK in a year". 
Dr. A Rudd Clinical Director for Stroke in London. 

"This excellent book is being republished because it is full of very useful information for stroke survivors and their families"
Paula De Souza, Stroke Association.
Notes: In the 1960's Val Eaton Griffith designed a series of simple, interactive techniques to help Patricia Neal, the celebrated actress and wife of author Roald Dahl, to make an almost full recovery after a series of massive strokes.
Her success resulted in a full mail bag of requests for details and help, and she wrote this book in 1970. It led to the creation of national volunteer schemes which are still in existence; and to today's Stroke Association.
She was awarded the MBE in the Birthday Honours List, 1977.
Out of print, the support group East Kent Strokes gained permission from the author to re-publish.
Table of contents: label: 1
title: Help from ordinary friends
pagenum: 17; label: 2
title: Understanding the patient
pagenum: 25; label: 3
title: Re-assurance and planning
pagenum: 29; label: 4
title: Discovering where to start
pagenum: 41; label: 5
title: Maintaining the patient’s interest
pagenum: 55; label: 6
title: Depression and loss of confidence
pagenum: 65; label: 7
title: Include everyday knowledge
pagenum: 79; label: 8
title: A problem arose
pagenum: 85; label: 9
title: Approaching their former life
pagenum: 93; label: 10
title: Acknowledgements
pagenum: 101; label: 1 - 7
title: Appendices of lessons and excercises
pagenum: 103