159 articles on life after stroke, by Judy Adams — survivor, author of Back to Me, and someone who has sat where you’re sitting.
What Area Agencies on Aging are, how the Eldercare Locator finds yours, and how stroke families can use this quiet network of elder and caregiver help.
The right book can be a companion in stroke recovery. A survivor's honest guide to memoirs, workbooks, devotionals, and how to choose books that help.
How DC area families can choose a stroke rehab setting wisely, with the questions that reveal quality and the regional wrinkles worth knowing early.
What happens when you dial 211, what kinds of local help it can connect you to after a stroke, and how to make the call when you do not know what you need.
A stroke survivor's honest guide to gifts that genuinely help, from cozy practical comforts to the gift of showing up, and what to skip entirely.
A stroke can change what you see and what your brain notices. Plain language on common vision changes after stroke and how survivors adapt daily.
Falls and the fear of them shape life after a stroke. Plain talk on why balance changes, what helps at home, and when a fall means calling 911.
Why one survivor loses speech and another loses awareness of one side. A plain-language look at left brain and right brain strokes and daily life.
A stroke survivor's honest guide to gifts that genuinely help, from cozy practical comforts to the gift of showing up, and what to skip entirely.
You became a stroke caregiver overnight. Calm, concrete steps for the first three days, from a survivor whose own family lived those days too.
Stuck on a blank card after someone's stroke? Real example sentences you can copy word for word, phrases to avoid, and why short honest notes win.
Phone calls are the hardest talking there is with aphasia. Practical ways to prepare, script, and reroute calls so the phone stops running your life.
Practical scripts and strategies for handling restaurants, stores, and busy public places with aphasia, from ordering coffee to asking for patience.
A plain guide for families in the first months of aphasia — what it is, how to talk together, and how to keep your person at the center of it all.
You do not have to be fully recovered to be useful. How stroke survivors can serve others in small, honest ways without spending health they need.
How to fill a hospital room with genuine encouragement, from words on the wall to the quiet gift of presence, without exhausting the patient.
The psalms hold every feeling a recovery season brings, from fear to fury to fragile hope. A stroke survivor shares the ones that carried her.
The right book can be a companion in stroke recovery. A survivor's honest guide to memoirs, workbooks, devotionals, and how to choose books that help.
Winter brings ice, layers, and real fall risk for stroke survivors. Practical ways to stay safe and steady without letting fear shrink your world.
Online stroke communities let you find people who truly get it without leaving home. How to find good groups, join in gently, and stay safe there.
May is Stroke Awareness Month. Simple, genuine ways anyone can take part, from teaching BE FAST at dinner to sharing a story that saves a life.
Survivors describe what a stroke actually feels like from the inside — the strangeness, the confusion, the missing pain — and why knowing this saves time.
Nearly every survivor fears a second stroke. A survivor shares how to carry that fear wisely, turning dread into vigilance, habits, and real peace.
What Area Agencies on Aging are, how the Eldercare Locator finds yours, and how stroke families can use this quiet network of elder and caregiver help.
How DC area families can choose a stroke rehab setting wisely, with the questions that reveal quality and the regional wrinkles worth knowing early.
What happens when you dial 211, what kinds of local help it can connect you to after a stroke, and how to make the call when you do not know what you need.