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Book SynopsisWhen Your Spouse Has a Stroke will relieve your burden and strengthen your partnership.
Trade ReviewThis book is unique and clearly needed by many families of stroke survivors. -- Andreas R. Luft CardioPulse This book is a treasure that each caregiving spouse can mine for helpful suggestions and better ways of handling the kinds of issues we all face. -- Sandra M. Fowler PsycCRITIQUES
Table of ContentsAcknowledgments
Prologue: Setting the Stage for Life after Stroke
Introduction: When Stroke Moves In: How Stroke Affects You and Your Marriage
1. The Secret Ingredient: Stroke and Social Support
2. You Are the One: Balancing the Roles of Caregiver and Marriage Partner
3. A Fine Romance: Sex and Intimacy after Stroke
4. Give Me a Break: Support for the Caregiving Spouse
5. In Sickness and in Health: Rebuilding Your Marriage after Stroke
6. 'Til Death Do Us Part: Going the Distance with Your Spouse after Stroke
Epilogue: From This Day On: The Future of Caregiving
Notes
Resources
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