Hope After Stroke for Caregivers and Survivors

The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back

By: Tsgoyna Tanzman

Narrated by: Tsgoyna Tanzman

Length: 9 hrs and 16 mins

Publisher's summary

Listeners are calling Hope After Stroke, "The Stroke Bible" a must-have book that should be in every hospital and rehab facility for stroke survivors and their cargivers.

Hope After Stroke is like having a personal therapist at your side, simplifying the medical jargon, answering your questions, guiding and empowering you each step of the way. You’ll discover practical tools and strategies you can use in the hospital, when you come home, and upon re-entering your community and workplace. This easy-to-follow, evidence-based resource guide puts all the most important information in one place. It will help you understand what to expect, what to look out for, and what "stroke thrivers" do to recover. Written in conversational language, you'll discover how to:

• Find the best rehabilitative services and effectively communicate with insurance providers, doctors and therapists to maximize recovery.
• Implement simple routines to prevent caregiver burnout.
• Communicate more easily and effectively even when aphasia is present.
• Improve sleep and reduce or eliminate anxiety without the use of medication.
• Ask candid questions about sex and seek resources for sexual issues post stroke.
• Get answers about disability, driving and returning to work.
• Reduce your risk of a recurrent stroke and much, much more!

If you want to feel hopeful, knowledgeable, and empowered in the process of recovery then buy Hope After Stroke for Caregivers and Survivors: The Holistic Guide to Getting Your Life Back. Scroll to the top and click the “Buy Now” button.

©2018 Tsgoyna Tanzman (P)2019 Tsgoyna Tanzman

Expert advice for all

The author compassionately and respectfully delves into every realm of recovery, with insights relating to many other situations. I will recommend this book to my patients and their families. As another SLP, I appreciated her expertise in diverse areas and her detailed descriptions of therapies. Well written and perfectly delivered. Thank you.

Helpful

When you're lost and need guidance this is your book. Really awesome information in a time when you don't have all the answers.

For stroke survivors & loved ones - a must read

What makes this wonderful book so useful is that it offers much valuable information while demystifying complex medical language. The extensive information is delivered in digestible amounts. Most importantly it provides background and language to communicate with the physicians. It solves the disconcerting situation of being a patient or caregiver and not know what to ask or how to interpret information due to a lacking of foundation of knowledge about stroke and the brain.

The book also provided much evidence regarding recent science concerning the mind body spirit connection. It was refreshing to hear this holistic approach augmenting more mainstream medicine.

One of my greatest takeaways is that it puts recovery into the hands of both the caregiver and the survivor. The author stresses the point about how important participation is for optimum recovery.

The chapters about advocating for a loved one in a hospital were illuminating. They highlighted the need for vigilance as well as engagement with hospital staff to ensure the best treatment.

The book even provided me with an understanding some of insurance peculiarities and how to navigate them effectively.

I especially appreciated that each chapter listed essential takeaways. These bullet points enable a quick read to get the idea of the most important parts of the chapter. This is a book that can be re-read at different points of recovery to gain new insights with each reading.

While the author is compassionate, she is candid about responsibilities needed for change. The stories were also helpful and hopeful for long-term recovery.

The immensely helpful content is enhanced by the author’s own voice. Not only is it crystal clear and easy to follow but the empathy and concern contained in the book is evident in her voice.

Informative

Positive information. Just what I needed to know to help my brother that had a massive stroke two months ago. This gave me so much hope. Thank you

For More Than Just Strokes

There are three main reasons to read this book: 1) it is an excellent guide to walk the patient and caregiver through the stroke recovery process; 2) it has excellent advice on how to avoid a stroke in the first place; and 3) it is also a great guide for happy living - independent of a stroke.

5-star source of valuable information

Hope After Stroke should be required listening (and reading) for all humans! So much practical information that we, as a family, had to discover the hard way after my Mom had a stroke that left her paralyzed on one side and unable to speak. True to the definition of "holistic", Tsgoyna covers all aspects of stroke recovery taking into account both the survivor's and caregiver's physical, emotional, social and spiritual wellbeing. The chapter on sex after stroke (a topic often avoided in the midst of other aspects of recovery) was handled elegantly and was enlightening. Tsgoyna has consolidated her many years of training, experience and research into this powerful guide that will truly make a difference for stroke survivors and caregivers.

Comforting and easy to listen to!

I have this in print but just purchased the audio. Listening to the author’s voice is so comforting and easy to listen to. It makes me feel like the therapist is right there with me. It’s great for caregivers who are busy and can’t sit and read a book as well as for the stroke patient who has trouble reading. This book
has tons of practical advice and resources. It’s amazing.
I highly recommend listening to this audio version.

A must read!

Very well done!
Each hospital should give this book to anyogne who survived a stroke!

Much needed info

She covers many parts of life after stroke including the challenging sexual aspect. She provides many resources to healing, insurance, and overall thriving despite a stroke. Narrator has a soothing voice.