T:information and help	Q:Hello everyone: my name is  <name> and I have just joined and have a request for knowledge information as this is all new to me and I am trying to understand it My Mother who is <age> years old has been seriously ill and at the ICU unit at our <institution> for over <time_period> with a Triachaotomy tube in she has been moved to a regular room and they have capped her Triach,  and she can talk. I have visited her daily but only recently have been able to talk to her she had a slight stroke,  and Hypoxia due to advanced Emphazema and Neumonia which we didn t know she had and I have been taking her to her <professional_practitioner> appts and her <professional_practitioner> never mentiones she had this My question is she seems altered mentally,  some times she is knowledgeable about her situation and who her family is and other times when I talk to her she is confused and don t reconize me as her son which is very upsetting the <professional_practitioner> tells me when she is released she will most certainly need to gointo a <institution> which I don t want at all I told him I will look after her and hire a <professional_caregiver> or aid to help with medical issues and personal hygene etc to that he is not impressed and obviously dosn t agree with this but I don t want and will not just put her in one of these <institution> and here in <location> tyheir have been many investigations into these places and charges against the staff and owners I actually live in <location> not <location> anymore but I will and can financially and personally mve back and look after her Is this dementia/Alzheimers can it be a tempory condition which can resolve itself What if anything can I personally do to help to improve this mental state And is me planning to care for my Mom myself a incorrect decission and should I listen to the <professional_practitioner> s Obviously due to this being a almost sudden situation I don t know much to anything about caring for someone with these issues so please any advise help or information would be very welcome and helpfull Sincerely  <name> <location>	A:I hope that someone with more knowledge will post. I will hope with you that it is a temporary problem. If she had a stroke,  then it seems that it would have an effect. Problems with strokes can often be overcome.  Best of luck to you!  <name>


A:Alzheimer's is not a temporary disease. I have vascular dementia it is slower but the end is the same. Just keep on keeping on. 


A: <name>. first welcome . secondly i can tell you i ended up like your mom n i did hv tube n was on life support for some timemy memory is <num> percent now but i still have bad daysI live in <location> myself and know of what you are talking about regarding the standards herewhat we need to do is bring forth a bill to the house mandating that <institution> and <institution> be made to answer to public inquiryright now they get a accredidation but thats just really a certificate imhoI had my own home with <num> plus residents and i had family with them if i suspected anything or found any type of abuse going on that person answered for itour seniors need VOICES to help them when this happensi was fortunate to be able in some ways lol hv my entire family working there mom was a <professional_practitioner> my brother a <professional_practitioner> and my dad worked n ran kitchenwe had open door policy where anyone could come in and check things out i involved social services and adult protective services within the <institution> i hv since lost both parents to this been ill myself and just coming round but i do fight for justice for our seniors as they truly are our lost souls and that is so not right by meYOU can check out nh and regulated. make sure they are. <institution> not all are bad n unfortunately what happened here a <time_period> ago really gave a bad name to this whole thing n with much of it rightly soi do understand why you are reluctant here and i hope that this will be a whole different thing nowi have been out of this line of work for awhile but still fight indignities against our senioursim now like <name> i just keep going every day trying my bestyou are a great sonblessings <name>
