Strength to Stand: Surviving Guillain-Barre and Pulling Back the Curtain on Long-Term Care

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Sonja Stukel Schmieder

Strength to Stand

Surviving Guillain-Barre and Pulling Back the Curtain on Long-Term Care

Sonja Stukel Schmieder

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Hezzie Mae
28 March 2025

Age groups: adults; Child & developmental psychology; Psychology of ageing; Coping with old age

Life Inside a Skilled Nursing Facility-A Resident's Perspective

For years, Sonja Schmieder dedicated herself to caregiving, offering support and compassion to those in need. But when life took an unexpected turn, she found herself on the other side of the equation-no longer the caregiver, but the one requiring care. Diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and confronting the realities of aging, she entered a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), a world that so many people pass through but few truly understand.

Through raw personal insights, sharp observations, and hard-earned wisdom, Sonja reveals what life inside long-term care is really like. She shares the daily struggles and triumphs of residents, the challenges of an often-overlooked system, and the deep humanity that persists within institutional walls.

This book is essential reading for caregivers, healthcare professionals, policymakers, and anyone with aging loved ones. It challenges assumptions about nursing homes, exposes the systemic issues affecting care, and offers a rare, first-hand perspective from someone living within an SNF.

Strength to Stand is more than a memoir-it's a call to action for better care, greater awareness, and a future where aging with dignity is not the exception, but the expectation.

By: Sonja Stukel Schmieder
Imprint: Hezzie Mae
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 10mm
Weight: 263g
ISBN: 9798991153263
Pages: 192
Publication Date: 28 March 2025
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

For years, Sonja Schmieder was a caregiver. Then, life shifted-she became the one in need of care. Diagnosed with Guillain-Barré Syndrome and facing the realities of aging, she found herself in a Skilled Nursing Facility (SNF), navigating an unfamiliar world that so many enter but few truly understand. Through personal insights, sharp observations, and hard-earned wisdom, Sonja sheds light on the everyday experiences of long-term care residents-their struggles, triumphs, and the system that shapes their lives.