My father-in-law was released from the hospital today and we're so excited about it. He had a minor stroke a week ago and was taken to a clinic and then to the hospital. According to what the doctor said, the affected area was the cerebellum. After the stroke, he was unable to move his left hand and foot. After several physiotherapy sessions, he has slightly improved now and can stand on his feet and walk with the help of another person. Now that he's home, we encourage him to grasp objects with his left hand and ask him to do things like change TV channels with a remote. He's so determined to get better that he does everything we suggest. We were just thinking that maybe the tasks were too hard and the objects too heavy. so we have come up with an easier task, playing cards! It's funny that a game like "canesta" which everybody considers useless is now being a help!