How to Care for a Loved One with Parkinson’s
An excellent overview from AARP of the challenges of caring for someone with PD, medication complexity, and psycho/motor effects. etc. Importantly, care needs change over time, and families need to plan for this in coordination with their primary health providers, specialists, and other support services.
https://www.aarp.org/caregiving/health/info-2024/parkinsons-caregiver.html
Managing Parkinson’s Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers
This recent article provides a summary of the differences between Alzheimer’s type and Parkinson’s dementia. This has implications for approaches to caring for PD patients, and caregivers who understand these differences are better placed to understand the PD patient’s needs.
https://www.care.com/c/parkinsons-dementia/
Taking Care of the Person with Advanced Parkinson’s Disease
The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has launched a free online course to help healthcare workers better understand advanced Parkinson’s disease and how to best manage the challenges that come with caring for their patients with the disease.
https://www.apdaparkinson.org/advancedPD_training/
Body Worn Sensors
Amongst the new innovations in PD management are so-called BWS (Body Worn Sensors), which can increasingly be used at home, and help provide carers and clinicians with information about progression of disease, day to day functions and alerts for problems (eg. Risk of falling). BWS obviously offer new opportunities for improving management strategy in PD but their precise scope of use in daily routine care needs further research and development.