Transformed in a Stroke
Toplight Books (Verlag)
978-1-4766-8604-2 (ISBN)
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 | 22.09.2021 |
|---|---|
| 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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