Essential Resources for Stroke Patients Before and After Leaving the Hospital: Who, What and How.
After experiencing a stroke, the transition from hospital care to home is a critical time for stroke patients and their families. Ensuring that you have the right resources in place before leaving the hospital can make a significant difference in the recovery process. WHO? In most hospitals, the person responsible for helping patients find resources […]
Balancing Work and Caregiving Responsibilities
Balancing work with the responsibilities of caregiving for a stroke survivor is a challenging reality for many families. As a caregiver, you’re often juggling your job, household duties, and the needs of the person you care for, which can feel overwhelming. With careful planning and self-care strategies, it’s possible to better manage both roles. Here […]
Navigating Social Security and Disability Benefits Post-Stroke: A Comprehensive Guide
Suffering a stroke is a life-altering event that brings about significant physical, emotional, and financial challenges. Navigating the aftermath often involves understanding and securing the necessary social security and disability benefits to ensure a stable and supportive environment for recovery. This guide aims to provide stroke survivors and their caregivers with a clear, step-by-step process […]
Stroke Recovery Resources – Activity Workbooks Made for Stroke Survivors
Christopher D. Morgan is an IT manager, New York Times & USA Today bestselling author, blogger, husband, parent, world traveler, and Founder of Bounce Learning Kids. He started Bounce Learning Kids as a way to directly impact his own children’s education, by creating visually effective and impactful workbooks. After a loved one survived a stroke […]
Caregiver Tips
Caring for a loved one who has suffered a stroke can be a challenging and overwhelming task. Stroke survivors often need ongoing assistance and care, which can be both physically and emotionally demanding. If you are a new caregiver of a stroke survivor, here are some tips to help you navigate this new role: Caring […]
Caregiver burnout: what is it and how to prevent it
Caring for a loved one who has suffered a stroke can be a challenging and rewarding experience. While providing care can be a fulfilling experience, it can also be physically and emotionally exhausting. Caregivers of stroke survivors are at risk for developing caregiver burnout, a condition that can cause physical and mental exhaustion, anxiety, and […]
Supporting someone with aphasia
It is estimated that 20-40% of stroke survivors will have some type of aphasia with varying degrees of impact in communication abilities. In this article we reviewed the different types of aphasia, and here we go over some tips that you may find useful when caring for a stroke survivor with aphasia. Stroke survivors with […]
Taking care of your mental wellbeing as a caregiver
Caregiving is physically challenging, time-consuming, and mentally draining — taking care of your mental wellbeing as a caregiver is as important as taking care of others. “You can’t take care of others if you don’t take care of yourself first.” is a common and very appropriate saying. Your mental well-being as a caregiver is essential […]
Five tips for caregivers during quarantine
Quarantine has been difficult for everyone, and being a caregiver is in and of itself a huge challenge. We have gathered 5 tips for caregivers to use while in quarantine: Make a schedule Staying at home seems like the day is endless, and it feels like you’re doing the same activities over and over again. […]
