Rest-Do Days

How to live with fatigue and get things done

Wendy Bryant (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

260 Seiten

2024
Hammersmith Health Books (Verlag)
978-1-78161-231-6 (ISBN)

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A practical guide to finding a balance between resting and doing so that readers with chronic health conditions associated with severe, often cyclical, fatigue can recharge their energy levels and also do the things that are important to them - this is pacing for the long-term fatigued so that life can be as fulfilling as possible

A practical guide to finding a balance between resting and doing so that readers can recharge their energy levels and also do the things that are important to them. Using concepts from occupational therapy about pacing, occupational balance and creativity in everyday life, this approach is based on the Author's professional experience as an occupational therapist and her personal experience of living with chronic illness through which she has learned how to adapt her rest-activity balance, keeping an eye on what (or who) is controlling her decisions and focusing on doing what's important and satisfying in her life. The book is not a quick-fix but includes ways to think about what is most important and satisfying for the individual reader each day so they can work with their own situation as it changes. It is aimed particularly at sufferers from degenerative diseases that involve high levels of cyclical fatigue with no expectation of cure, including multiple sclerosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, vasculitis, Parkinson's and any other chronic autoimmune disease.

Dr Wendy Bryant MSc PhD PGCertLTHE DipCOT began her practice as an occupational therapist in 1984 and has worked across a range of health and social care settings, then becoming an academic in 2003, first at Brunel University and then at the University of Essex. She retired from clinical practice in 2018 but continues to teach and was awarded a Fellowship by the Royal College of Occupational Therapists in 2021. She is one of the three Editors of the latest edition of Creek's Occupational Therapy and Mental Health (Elsevier).

Getting started with Rest-Do days; Being supported; Being organised and informed; Being realistic; Being inspired and flexible; Applying the principles of occupational therapy

Erscheinungsdatum	16.11.2024
Zusatzinfo	30 B&W cartoons
Sprache	englisch
Maße	176 x 221 mm
Themenwelt	Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Gesundheit / Leben / Psychologie ► Krankheiten / Heilverfahren
ISBN-10	1-78161-231-5 / 1781612315
ISBN-13	978-1-78161-231-6 / 9781781612316
Zustand	Neuware