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Coming home from the hospital shouldn't feel impossible. When you're discharged after a stroke, brain injury, or serious medical event, you face an overwhelming transition: from 24-hour professional care to managing recovery at home. The medications, meals, visitor management, and daily care tasks can feel insurmountable-especially when insurance-covered services end and you're on your own. This manual is your survival guide for those critical first 14 days. Written by a neuropsychology researcher with 30 years of brain injury advocacy experience-and a stroke survivor herself-this isn't inspirational fluff. It's brutally practical, step-by-step guidance for what to do today. Inside you'll find: - Emergency contact forms you can fill out and post immediately- 14-day care logs with checkboxes so nothing falls through the cracks- Two weeks of affordable meal plans using grocery store ingredients- Critical safety information about choking prevention and pressure sores- Visitor management system to protect recovery time without being the ""bad guy""- Personal care guidance for bed bathing and hygiene- Simple recipes for both regular and soft-food diets- Budget shopping lists for families managing costs- When to call the doctor guidelines you can't afford to miss Perfect for: Stroke survivors and their families, brain injury caregivers, anyone managing post-hospital recovery at home, and families on tight budgets after insurance coverage ends. Part of the HEAD FIRST Recovery series-practical resources for real recovery.

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