| Quick summary | | | | including kids? |
| If your family member or close friend has | | | | Deciding how much care someone will need isn't |
| recently had a stroke, you're probably still reeling. | | | | easy. One of the most frustrating aspects of |
| Not only do you have to come to terms with her | | | | stroke is that there's no magical formula or |
| acute illness and possible disability, you have to | | | | timeline for recovery: Life after stroke means |
| make plans for the future. Will she be able to | | | | coming to terms with uncertainty. But once you |
| return to her former living situation, or will you | | | | have a reasonably good idea of the patient's |
| need to arrange for more care? Should you | | | | prognosis, you can at least begin doing some |
| move her into your own home or a long-term | | | | research and weighing the pros and cons of |
| care facility? And how do you manage the | | | | different options. |
| feelings and needs of your other family members, | | | | |