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Summary: What you should know
Review: A friend gave me this book when my mother suffered a stroke. This book helped me understand and know what to ask, when to ask and how to ask questions. I have read several books recently and this one outlined more about what I needed to know. I would recommend it highly. It certainly helped me.
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Summary: What you should know
Review: A friend gave me this book when my mother suffered a stroke. This book helped me understand and know what to ask, when to ask and how to ask questions. I have read several books recently and this one outlined more about what I needed to know. I would recommend it highly. It certainly helped me.
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Summary: An informational story!!!
Review: An incredibly well written story of caring for a parent. A reliable story written by daughter. Very well done.
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Summary: Excerpt from MyShelf.com Review
Review: Anyone who is facing the prospect of making decisions for a family member who is ill or frail should read this book. Some of the information shared is vital - not only on an emotional level, but a financial one as well. Many people make mistakes when choosing nursing home care. Bosworth shares things that readers can use to assist them in finding the best care available for their loved one. She also stresses the importance of making your personal wishes known to your family before they are thrown into a whirlwind of confusion should you suffer an unexpected medical emergency.Bosworth never succumbs to self-pity, yet she shares her heart and her pain in a way that makes the reader part of the journey. I was struck with her compassion and her honesty. After reading YOUR MOTHER HAS SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE, you will feel as if you have gained more than the sharing of a painful experience - you will feel as if you've made a new friend. This book is a treasure. Highly recommended.
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Summary: Excerpt from MyShelf.com Review
Review: Anyone who is facing the prospect of making decisions for a family member who is ill or frail should read this book. Some of the information shared is vital - not only on an emotional level, but a financial one as well. Many people make mistakes when choosing nursing home care. Bosworth shares things that readers can use to assist them in finding the best care available for their loved one. She also stresses the importance of making your personal wishes known to your family before they are thrown into a whirlwind of confusion should you suffer an unexpected medical emergency. Bosworth never succumbs to self-pity, yet she shares her heart and her pain in a way that makes the reader part of the journey. I was struck with her compassion and her honesty. After reading YOUR MOTHER HAS SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE, you will feel as if you have gained more than the sharing of a painful experience - you will feel as if you've made a new friend. This book is a treasure. Highly recommended.
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Summary: So much help in a small easy to read book.
Review: Bearing through the storm of unexpected ailment and deterioration in a loved one is never a sought-out experience. Kathy Boswell guides and prepares the reader for such a journey in YOUR MOTHER HAS SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE with clarity and honesty. Tackling the throes of hushed medical propoganda, retirement home adjustments, and neurological damage, she leads and enlightens through persistence born by love. We would be wise to share in her journey for our own family emergencies with are certain to arise.
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Summary: EVERY REHAB HOSPITAL NEEDS THIS BOOK
Review: Facing the unknown can be difficult, especially when there's no material out there to guide you. YOUR MOTHER HAS SUFFERED A SLIGHT STROKE is now available for anyone walking that path. This is Kathy Bosworth's first book, but you'd never know it. Highly recommended for rehab hosptal's to stock for family members who need to hear from someone who's been there.
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Summary: A necessary book
Review: I'm a bereavement counselor and I coucil with people who are experiencing many different types of losses. A mentor of mine told me about this book months ago. She called me the other day to ask if I had put this book to work by using the information in it to help others. It reminded me of all the great information and love in this well written book about getting a family through medical trauma. I would highly recommend this book to anyone who is struggling with any kind of a disease. A stroke can come into any of our lives any minute on any given day. This book is about so much more than strokes.
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Summary: A fluent book that is surely a gift of wisdom for all of us
Review: Kathy Bosworth has written a fluent book that is surely a gift of wisdom for all of us readers. She relays her mother's story commencing with a routine test not requiring a ride to or from the hospital. During the test, her mother has a stroke. The hospital makes a call to the family, which ignites an emotional bungie jumping between confusion and fearful concern. In this incredible book, Kathy brings you full circle starting with the onset of the first stroke to life ending and new life beginning. Kathy describes with courageous honesty the basic and the complex of the "unknowns" that plague her and her brother. She gracefully paints a portrait of a family holding together, learning together, and confronting life changes together. This book is testament that one moment in time changes our lives forever. One of my especially liked sentences in this book is when Kathy's brother Ed says to her, "Kathy, you're not looking for more information on stokes, what you are looking for is someone with a crystal ball that will tell you what is going to happen". Kathy can't help but still search for someone - anyone that will tell her the hard sterile truth. Kathy braves observing her sweet mother become a person she didn't know and one who in return didn't know her. Every visit Kathy is not sure what she will see or hear. Will her mother be herself today or will she be a stranger? There are high points and very low points yet Kathy retains her sense of humor, her love, and her hunger for knowledge about this situation alive and kicking at all times. This is why this book is so indispensable. You learn with her and from her. Not only about the different types of strokes but also the following consequences such as physical therapy, no resuscitation bracelets, nursing homes, dealing with assets, the government, and of course all of the physical and mental changes. This information is absolutely a must for every professional dealing with strokes. I certainly hope people will be able to find this book in every library in every city. Kathy approaches her book with courageous honesty. I found "Your Mother has Suffered a Slight Stroke" a loving jewel of clarity into the living with and caring for a loved one who has had a stroke. Thank you, Kathy, for taking on such a difficult subject with such bravery and candor. Reviewed by Sherry Russell GMS
Author of "Conquering the Mysteries and Lies of Grief
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Summary: An excellent word portrait of courage and sorrow.....
Review: Quietly, with a dignified grace, Kathy Bosworth tells this painful story from her heart. There is nothing more frustrating than running into those brick walls medical professionals are so skilled at building. Ms. Bothworth unfolds the story about her mother's "slight stroke" without hysterics. When that stroke becomes a series of strokes, the reader experiences first hand the fright, pain, and confusion suffered by family members at such times. I have been a nurse for 40 years and every word she writes about the fear, frustration, and unanswered questions is pure gospel. This book should be required reading in every medical school, nursing school, and social services course in the country.
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