Eureka! Memories and Motivations : A Strategy for Creating a Healing Home for the Stroke / Brain Injury Patient and Caregiver

by Unknown

• ISBN13: 9780982551806
• ISBN10: 0982551800
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2010-02-01
• Publisher: Third Step Press

Summary

This unique approach to long-term stroke and brain injury home care helps both patient and caregiver in their recovery from a devastating life event. The author shares her successes, set-backs and discoveries through eight years of trying to motivate and rehabilitate her friend, the survivor of a near-fatal cerebral hemorrhage. Eureka! offers a creative, enthusiastic approach to daily "brain" care and shows how old-fashioned fun and excitement can be powerful brain rehabilitation tools. Eureka!, the sequel to Brain, Heal Thyself, has been praised by medical and social services professionals, therapists, librarians, stroke/brain injury survivors and caregivers.

Author Biography

Madonna Siles is a certified professional coach specializing in caregiver life coaching and is the author of Brain, Heal Thyself. She lives in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. 9
Foreword	p. 11
Introduction	p. 13
Inspiration for the Eureka! Strategy	p. 17
Preview of Eureka!	p. 20
The Brain Aneurysm That Devastated Both Patient and Caregiver	p. 27
Breaking Through the Two-Year Window for Significant Recovery	p. 32
Resist Not Relaxing	p. 35
For Fast Relief	p. 41
Mumbo-Jumbo	p. 47
Intuition Tells Me You're Intuitive, Too	p. 55
Do I Really Want to Be a Caregiver?	p. 63
To Be or Not to Be a Lonely Caregiver	p. 70
What Motivates the Patient?	p. 74
We Will Get Better Together	p. 78
Rocking & Rolling the Daily Routine	p. 84
Enthusiasm-The Magic That Creates Eureka! Moments	p. 89
Power Plays and Other Struggles	p. 95
Evolution of Eureka!	p. 99
How Eureka! Feels	p. 107
Recognizing Eureka! Every Day	p. 112
How TV Advertisers Create Eureka!	p. 125
It's Showtime!-Maximizing the Eureka! Effect	p. 133
Do It Yourself Eureka! Adventures	p. 140
Eureka! and Éclairs!! Rewards for the Patient and the Caregiver	p. 153
Color Your Way to Eureka! A 21-Day Motivational Strategy	p. 158
Ah, Sweet Success	p. 209
Afterword	p. 210
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