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Transformed in a Stroke - Laurel Kamada

Transformed in a Stroke

A Memoir of Brain Hemorrhage and Recovery in the United States and Japan

(Autor)

Buch | Softcover
228 Seiten
2021
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8604-2 (ISBN)
CHF 41,90 inkl. MwSt
This five-part book addresses the basics of strokes; an east-west comparison of stroke rehabilitation between Japan and the US, advice and help for the primary caregivers and families of stroke survivors, and lessons on how to improve systems of care and rehabilitation.
In 2013, while visiting her sister in the United States, Laurel Kamada collapsed. Far from her husband, son, career, and home in Japan, she spent the next few weeks in a coma from a stroke that left a hole the size of a baseball in the center of her brain. In this multicultural memoir, Kamada writes about her years of recovery with a profound sense of grace, still seeing the beauty in her life while not shying away from its many struggles.

This five-part memoir addresses the basics of strokes; an East-West (Japan, U.S.) comparison of stroke, advice and help for the primary caregivers and families of stroke survivors, and lessons on how to improve systems of care and rehabilitation. Kamada also introduces networking means and advice to help stroke survivors, their families and friends, and professionals working in long-term care facilities, such as nursing and rehabilitation staff.

Laurel Kamada is a recently retired professor from Tohoku University in Sendai, Japan. She has published numerous articles and book chapters on gender; bilingualism and biculturalism in Japan; race and ethnicity; (feminist) poststructuralist discourse analysis, and comparisons between Western societies and Japan. She lives in rural Japan.

Table of Contents


Acknowledgments

Foreword by the Author’s Brother, Edward Nudelman

Introduction

 1. An Overview: “You are very lucky!”

 2. My Stroke: Issues and Challenges

 3. How Many Hours Does It Take?

 4. Types of Strokes

 5. A Stroke of Endurance: Double Survivor

 6. A Stroke of Disruption: ­Near-Perfect Health Before the Stroke

 7. A Stroke of Wonder: The Day I Went into a Coma, Entering a Parallel World

 8. A Stroke of Grace: Waking Up After an “­Out-of-Body Experience”

 9. A Stroke of Discordance: Challenges Regarding Institutional Meals

10. A Stroke of Cognizance: Differing Practices and Beliefs of Wellness and Healing

11. Physical Therapy in the United States: Pain Is Gain (A Stroke of Awe)

12. Physical Therapy in Japan

13. Some Specific Aids in Walking for Paralyzed Limbs

14. A Stroke of Disorientation: ­Post-Coma Illusionary Ideations … “I am not crazy!”

15. A Stroke of Dread: Horrible Travel Back to Japan and Nearly Being Incarcerated

16. Rebirth: I’m Back Party

17. A Stroke of Gratitude: Japan’s Care Manager System and My Recent Adjustments

18. A Stroke of Relief: Back HOME After One Year

19. A Stroke of Disempowerment: Through the Lens of Gender and Racism in Japan

20. A Stroke of Balance: Taking the Best of All Worlds

21. The Japan Model

22. Independent Accessible Rooms and Public Toilets

23. Conditions Conducive to Stroke Recovery

24. Smell the Roses

25. Conditions of Stress in Stroke

26. Current Status: Moving Forward

Final Words

Haiku of Completion

Appendices

I. Good Practices in the United States (Harborview)

II. Good Practices in Japan

III. Safe Aids in Mobility—the Harness Walker

IV. Information and Networking Websites for Survivors

V. For Gardening Lovers

VI. Other Special Needs Equipment

VII. Facilities for ­Re-Walking (Project Walk)

VIII. Strategies to Walking Recovery

IX. Robotics Rehabilitation: ­Ekso-Skeleton Suits in the United States

X. My Personal Best of Walking (Distance and Speed)

XI. Poetry, by Laurel Kamada: A Calendar of Poetry and Haiku

XII. Messages from Others Around Me for Stroke Survivors

XIII. Selected Glossary

Bibliography

Index

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo 23 photos, foreword, appendices, glossary, index
Sprache englisch
Maße 152 x 229 mm
Gewicht 308 g
Themenwelt Sachbuch/Ratgeber Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie
Medizin / Pharmazie Physiotherapie / Ergotherapie Rehabilitation
ISBN-10 1-4766-8604-1 / 1476686041
ISBN-13 978-1-4766-8604-2 / 9781476686042
Zustand Neuware
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