UPDATE as per 10.10.2013: It is been so long I have now needed to let you know that dad is now like a normal person but he is experiencing MEMORY LOSS. As we all know, many people experience memory problems after a stroke. In particular, he has a stroke in the right hemisphere of his brain commonly have problems paying attention. He is experiencing verbal, visual, informational and vascular dementia.

 

His verbal memory loss is affecting his memory of names and stories.

 

 

His visual memory loss is affecting his memory of shapes, faces, etc. There is one time when our uncle visited dad and they had a long chat. But suddenly dad asked my elder brother to give our uncle a call. Actually our uncle is sitting right in front of him. Uncle cellphone is ringing and he picked up his phone. Dad asked “where are you?” Uncle said “I am right in front of you right now. Don’t you remember?” Dad said, “Ahh.. you are not my brother. Who are you?”

 

 

His informational memory loss is affecting his memory of information and skills or trouble learning new things. And lastly his vascular dementia memory loss is affecting a greater and more general decline in thinking ability.

 

 

 

Therefore, the cure is not a matter of one specific medication but in fact TIME. He needs time to heal his memory loss.