Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips For Making Life Easie: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier - Softcover

Shelley Peterman Schwarz

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1932603212 ISBN 13: 9781932603217

Publisher: Demos Health, 2006

Synopsis

This completely revised second edition of Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains tips, techniques and shortcuts to help MS patients organise and simplify their lives. With over 300 tips readers will learn to conserve valuable time and energy, develop techniques for making life easier so they can enjoy life to the fullest.

From basic principles to unique solutions for saving time and energy to specific ideas, this book is packed with helpful information for those coping with the special challenges of a chronic illness. Updated chapters cover ""Home Safety and Accessibility""; ""Computers and Technology""; ""Looking Good, Feeling Better - Grooming and Dressing""; ""Managing Mealtime""; and much more. New sections include:

• Managing medical issues
• Travel tips for weekend getaways or extended travel
• Unique product suggestions for practical helpful items that make everyday tasks easier
• Resource section to easily locate products and services

Multiple Sclerosis: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier, Second Edition is a valuable resource for individuals living with MS, family members, caregivers and medical professionals.

About this title

Review:

<I>""...full of wonderful ideas on everything from home safety and accessibility to dressing and grooming...an absolute ""must have"" for every individual with MS."" -- The MSAA Motivator</I><P><I>""...a compendium of tips, techniques, and life-task shortcuts...learned from personal experience...essential reading for all (people with) MS, their families and caregivers..."" -- Bookwatch</I><P><I>""...an absolute ""must have"" for every individual with MS..."" -- Lois Thistle, MSAA Client</I><p>""...helpful for health professionals to use as a resource for information on tools that may help persons with MS...also useful for people with MS to learn very simple and practical tips for everyday life. It is well organized by topic, easy to read, clearly written, and with up-to-date references which include addresses, phone, and web sites.""--Consortium of Multiple Sclerosis Centers

About the Author:

Shelley Peterman Schwarz and her husband, Dave, live in Madison, Wisconsin. At the time of her diagnosis in 1979, Shelley was working part-time as a teacher of the deaf. Since 1985 she has published more than 300 articles and received numerous awards including the Mother of the Year from the Wisconsin Chapter of the National MS Society, the Partner in Health award from the Combined Health Appeal of America, and the Spirit of the American Woman award from J.C. Penney. Her nationally syndicated, """"Making Life Easier"""" column appears in numerous newspapers and magazines across the country.

About this edition

• Publisher: Demos Health
• Publication date: 2006
• ISBN 10: 1932603212
• ISBN 13: 9781932603217
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 128