THE NEURO NEWSLETTER - Dec 2000 The NeuroNews provides information for speech therapists, those with language difficulties, and their caregivers. This issue is dedicated to the CAREGIVERS, who work so many hours (usually unpaid) out of kindness and love. It’s a tough job, and no one has to do it. But they do. THANKS! -Clay
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1. | Reader Response | Feedback from Israel !! | |
2. | On the web | > | Caregivers.com |
3. | Featured Program | > | Aphasia Tutor 1 and 2 |
4. | Recovery Resource | > | 10 tips for caregivers |
5. | Clinician's Corner | > | Still recovering? |
6. | Humor | > | Rules for Life |
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"Thank you for the newsletter. I have found the links to be very helpful and have already printed many of the articles for my "User's Manual." Please keep me signed up."
-Harold Adler
I really appreciated you newsletter. I especially enjoyed the poem** written by a stroke patient. I really want to read it aloud to my Dad who suffered a stroke about 5 months ago.
I haven't had a chance to download any of your software, but I'm going to very soon. I have just purchased a computer for my Dad, and I want him to try out some of the exercises.
-Shelley Elfant, Ariel, Israel*
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* I’m often amazed at how far away people find out about Bungalow Software. I recently had someone in the US call and I asked how he found out about us.
A doctor IN **INDIA** had told him about it. -Clay
**The poem Shelley referred to is THE POWER OF SPEECH. It was in the August 2000 issue of this newsletter, available on the web at: http://www.strokesupport.com/newsletter/news00-8.htm -Clay
Caregivers resource
http://www.caregivers.com
Caregivers put forth a LOT of effort on behalf of survivors. This if often overlooked especially by the caregivers themselves. Most are too busy caring for someone to take a moment to care for themselves. This website offers lots of useful, practical advice for the caregiver, including…
ASK AN EXPERT (for advice)
http://www.caregiving.com/support/html/experts.htm
Just ask a question, or read previous questions.
And remember, if you have QUESTIONS ABOUT APHASIA THERAPY, you can always ask them of Clay or Terri here on this newsletter. Just send email to clay@BungalowSoftware.com
Aphasia Tutor
HTTP://www.BungalowSoftware.com/sights.htm
These programs help stroke survivors with their:
*Word Retrieval
*Spelling
*Reading
Do you know someone who had difficulty "thinking of the right word"?
I call this "tip-of-the-tongue" syndrome. It's like those times when you can't remember some actor's name. You know he was in that movie based on the old TV series The Fugitive and he was in Start Wars and Indiana Jones. You know what he looks like, sounds like and talks like. But you can't REMEMBER HIS NAME ! That's what APHASIA is like. Except it affects many, or all, of the words you want to you.
DOWNLOAD A FREE TRIAL from
HTTP://www.BungalowSoftware.com/downloadfiles.htmFOR MORE INFORMATION VISIT THE BUNGALOW WEBSITE:
http://www.BungalowSoftware.com/aphasia.htm
10 TIPS FOR CAREGIVERS and more
http://www.nfcacares.org/tentipsf.html
- Choose to take charge of your life, and don't let your loved one's illness or disability always take center stage.
- Remember to be good to yourself. Love, honor and value yourself. You're doing a very hard job and you deserve some quality time, just for you.
- Watch out for signs of depression, and don't delay in getting professional help when you need it.
- When people offer to help, accept the offer and suggest specific things that they can do.
- Educate yourself about your loved one's condition. Information is empowering.
- There's a difference between caring and doing. Be open to technologies and ideas that promote your loved one's independence.
- Trust your instincts. Most of the time they'll lead you in the right direction.
- Grieve for your losses, and then allow yourself to dream new dreams.
- Stand up for your rights as a caregiver and a citizen.
- Seek support from other caregivers. There is great strength in knowing you are not alone.
4 Messages to live by
http://www.nfcacares.org/empowr.html
This information is from the National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
http://www.nfcacares.org/
- Clinician's Corner
Empty this month - Humor and Inspiration
INSTRUCTIONS FOR LIFE
Empty? I figured that all the speech therapists would still be recovering from attending the National conference in Washington DC in November. Or, those who didn’t go would be recovering from COVERING the patients of those who did.
And I know *I* am still recovering from the conference. NEXT MONTH: I'll post the presentations we made at the conference.
I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R L I F E
1. Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
2. When you lose, don't lose the lesson.
3. Follow the three Rs: Respect for self Respect for others and Responsibility for all your actions.
4. Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
5. Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
6. Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.
7. When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.
8. Spend some time alone every day.
9. Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.
10. Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.
11. Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll be able to enjoy it a second time.
12. A loving atmosphere in your home is the foundation for your life.
13. In disagreements with loved ones, deal only with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.
14. Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.
15. Be gentle with the earth.
16. Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.
17. Remember that the best relationship is one in which your love for each other exceeds your need for each other.
18. Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.
19. Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.
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