Puzzles for Stroke Patients: Large Print Version

I'm tempted to start off by saying "This book is terrible", but I'm aware I can be a little overly blunt since the stroke, so I'll try to give details instead of opinions.I expected a variety of puzzles of varying levels, as would be appropriate to the wide variety of stroke patients of varying abilities who might think they'd benefit from such a book.There were 219 pages of THE SAME SIMPLISTIC WORD PUZZLES, with a couple "coloring pages" thrown in, seemingly as an afterthought. (Sorry, there's my opinion creeping in, along with a negative attitude.)There were no visual puzzles, no math problems, no logic problems, no memory challenges.Word puzzles. Pages and pages of word puzzles.I'm going to stop now. I have a lot of opinions about this book, 99% of which are negative, and will provide no benefit other than venting my anger at the waste of money I experienced when purchasing this book.In my 53 years of collecting, reading, and frankly worshiping hundreds of books, there are only a small handful I've not completed for various reasons such as boredom, bad plot, shameless bias, etc. There are exactly TWO books I have actually thrown into the trash rather than take the risk they'd defile the eyes of another reader. This is one. (The other is Zoo, "by James Patterson" [but really by some newbie, writing under his name], in case you're in the market for another terrible book.)But I'm not a doctor or a stroke therapist, just a survivor. Perhaps there is some hidden purpose for the devastatingly dull repetition found in this book. I apologize for my rant. I'm sure Mr. Toth is a good person with good intentions.

Laugh while you learn! I bought this book for my 82 year old father who suffered from a stroke last year. Physically he was regaining movement of his arms and hands with physical therapy. Still he was having trouble remembering things. His doctor suggested trying "Puzzles for Stroke Patients" to exercise and challenge his mind. Now we do 10 to 12 questions from this book every day and Dad has made tremendous improvements in logic , memory and self-esteem . He actually asks to solve problems from his "Thinking Book" as he calls it. It is wonderful to see him so enthusiastic about learning again. As one of his caregivers, I enjoy the fun and laughable tone of many of the questions and puzzles myself. Dad and I have learned dozens of fun facts from this entertaining resource.A Hollywood, movie star theme is used in much of the book which has us reminiscing about all our all-time favorite movies and famous movie stars. Dad was always a big Elvis fan and the Elvis Presley word search is his favorite. I make copies before we solve each puzzle so that we can do them over again. Humphrey Bogart, John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, Elizabeth Taylor, Bette Davis - all of our best loved Hollywood celebrities are there!The Film Trivia pages are great too. We are learning so much. I actually have Dad using the computer again to search the internet for the answers. He was surprisingly good with his desktop before the stroke and now he has an IPad so he can "Google" the missing words in the movie titles, like: Andy Hardy's Private ______. (Go ahead - look it up!)We love remembering old TV Shows. "I Love Lucy", "All in the Family" and "Mash" were shows we never missed. Dad also loves British Comedy and the "Keeping Up Appearances" word search puzzle had me, Dad and his other caregiver, Violet (yes, really) hysterical recollecting the antics of Hyacinth Bucket (Bouquet) and her family.The Art Therapy coloring pages were difficult for Dad at first, even so, he enjoyed the fun traffic signs and strange facts on those pages, like the French sign from Canada about watching out for collisions with moose! Now that his manual dexterity has improved, he whips thru the coloring exercises like a pro.Sudoku number logic puzzles were a big challenge for me and Dad (even before the stroke). To get us started, I look up the answers and fill in several of the 3x3 groups. In the beginning we needed to cheat on about 5 3x3's, but now we are down to only 3. We are working on it!! Dad is certain he will be able to do Sudoku on his own in a matter of weeks.The author of "Puzzles for Stroke Patients" must have travelled extensively in the US and Europe. There are photo picture puzzles from all over globe, including Paris. This book has it all, even the word square puzzles have the added Words of the Wise sayings on each page and the 10 letter word searches also quizzes you on US state capitals. The more Dad and I use this book, the more we love it - it never gets boring - we laugh and learn with clever challenges every day!

This book contains poorly written instructions, oddly contrived puzzles (from a stroke recovery perspective), and is written by someone who is NOT an expert in stroke recovery therapy (he's an IT techie who seems to like making certain kinds of puzzles). The neurological therapist I showed it to agreed that it is of little use, and confirmed some of her other patients also bought it, but subsrquently came to the same conclusion. I would recommend AGAINST buying this for stroke recovery. Save your money and try something else.

This entertaining puzzle book is tailored to help in the quick recovery of brain functions after a stroke. This brain health resource can also be used by seniors, elderly, Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s victims to maintain their brain in good operating condition & prevent dementia. Normal adults may find the book interesting & useful to sharpen their brain.The title part “for Stroke Patients” occurs only at 3 places therefore easily can be brushed over with nail polish to make it disappear.This superior mind therapy resource has about 50 puzzle types with a large vocabulary of over 8,000 words. Some of the puzzles are in large print but not all.The major puzzle groups: language, math, logic & graphics; instructions are provided for all. The language puzzle group includes: word search, diagonal word square, missing vowels & scrambled words. The math group consists of: arithmetic drills, department store/supermarket shopping math & airline travel math. The logic group features: Sudoku, brain teasers, quizzes & Hollywood trivia. The graphics group boasts: humorous coloring pages with letter outlines and picture puzzles.Working with art therapy coloring pages is essential for fine motor skills recovery which are necessary for writing and other everyday activities.Solutions are provided for all puzzles either at the bottom of page in reverse or at the end of the book. The only exception is Word Search. If the patient does not find a word in a Word Search grid, caregiver or family members should help out.

Utterly cr*p. Utterly cr*p. Utterly cr*p. Utterly cr*p. !Apart from a handful of pages for colouring in, it is pages and pages of exactly the same kind of 4x4 or 5x5 grid letter-puzzle. The kind of stuff you can get at any newsagent or pound shop.I can't convey how bad this is. Other than it is simply page after page of exactly the same thing. The author allegedly has a Masters, no, two Master's degree's (MA, MPhil), but they can't be used in this book. I have *literally* seem the same type puzzles in newsagents for a quid or two.Don't waste your money - Go the pound shop, buy the same kind of stuff there, and maybe your stroke patient would actually have a chance of picking it up (rather than this brick) and doing some of the puzzles.Cr*ptastic

great although maybe a bit too heavy and bulky

This book contains a number of puzzles but if the stroke is severe then this might be too difficult. Perhaps this would be useful BEFORE the stroke....

A limited range of puzzles, with no apparent connection to the needs of stroke patients.

I RECIEVED THIS ITEM AND I'M VERY ANGRY AS ONE OF YOUR OPERATIVES INSINUATED THAT I WAS A LIAR OR STUPID