Parkinson S Support Pack

Included in the Parkinson's Support Pack five book bundle you'll find: 1. Fighting Parkinson's:15 Vital Exercises to Help You Fight the Progression of Parkinson's - Which form of exercise can reduce PD symptoms up to 35%- What Rock Steady Boxing is and why it's so popular with people with PD- A fun type of dance that can improve your balance and cognitive abilities- The best low impact forms of exercise for people with PD- What LSVT Big is and why it's helped so many-- And much more!2. How to Parkinson's Proof Your Home: The Essential Guide to Making Your Home Safer for Living with Parkinson's- How to make your bathroom fall-proof- The #1 thing you can do to make your kitchen safe- Helpful tools to help you get in and out bed more easily- The one person who can help you make the best safety decisions about your home- And more!Pain and Parkinson's: A Simple Guide to Relieving Parkinson's Aches & Pains- The most common types of pain in Parkinson's, their causes, and how to treat them- How to manage restless leg pain so you can get a better night's sleep- The best way to deal with pain associated with dyskinesia- What to do about cramping and swelling- And more!4. Caregiving for Parkinson's: The Top 20 Questions & Answers About Caring for Someone with Parkinson's- How to be patient with your loved one- Tips to help with freezing of gait- The best strategies to deal with hallucinations- How to manage stress and frustrations- What to do if your loved one is showing signs of dementia- How to stay positive and help your loved one do the same- And much more!5. Practical Parkinson's Tips: 67 Tips To Help You Make Your Life Easier, Happier & More Productive-These tips and tricks come from over twenty five years experience... and are guaranteed to help make your life easier with Parkinson's disease.

This management pack encompasses initial assessment, regular reviews, support for both client and carer and the possibility of individual or group therapy. The programme is designed to give a frameweork for setting up and running a comprehensive speech/language therapy service for those with Parkinson's Disease and related conditions.

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Parkinson’s Disease and Nonmotor Dysfunction fills a major gap in the current rapidly growing body of knowledge concerning Parkinson’s disease. Drs. Pfeiffer and Bodis-Wollner have correctly perceived that many nonmotor features of Parkinson’s disease are given insufficient attention in the medical literature. Unfortunately, they are often also given insufficient attention by the practicing neurologists who see these patients. As recently pointed out, there is clearly much more to Parkinson’s disease than depletion of the nigrostriatal dopamine system (1). Parkinson’s disease (not just m- tiple system atrophy) is a multisystem disorder, both pathologically and in its clinical manifestations. This is clearly true for the various motor system abnormalities, which are not fully corrected by dopamine replacement therapy strategies, but also for the nonmotor system abnormalities that are the subject of this volume. Although recently there has been increased awareness of the cognitive, psychiatric, and sleep disorders commonly associated with Parkinson’s disease, many of their manifestations remain under-recognized and their importance in managing patients is underestimated. Even less attention is paid to the myriad of other nonmotor disturbances that plague these patients. For example, among the autonomic disorders, although orthostatic hypotension is well recognized, it is usually attributed to dopaminergic medications rather than to effects of the underlying disease. Urologic disorders are also very familiar in these patients, but may not be properly understood or well managed.

Psychiatric symptoms are common in the neurological and geriatric care of patients with Parkinson’s disease. This book assembles short reviews from experts in the field to chart the various psychiatric syndromes known in Parkinson’s disease, their presentation, etiology and management. Presented are special topics on epidemiology of psychiatric symptoms, affective disorders and apathy, early cognitive impairment through to dementia, visuoperceptual dysfunction, psychotic disorders, sleep disturbances, impulse disorders and sexual problems. Further, rarely discussed issues, such as the relationship between somatoform disorders and parkinsonism are reviewed.This publication is essential reading for old age psychiatrists, gerontologists and neurologists who work with patients suffering from Parkinson’s disease. In addition, health practitioners who deal with senior patients, as well as scientists who need a quick update on the progress in this important clinical field will find this volume a helpful reference.

The field of movement disorders is relatively broad, encompassing disorders of increased movement, such as tremors, dystonia, and tics, to disorders characterized by a paucity of movement, such as Parkinson's disease. Our understanding of the pathogenic mechanisms and our treatment options are expanding at a rapid pace. This expansion ranges from the medical and surgical advances in treating Parkinson's disease to the flood of genetic abnormalities that have now been found to cause various movement disorders. Although many patients are seen by the movement disorders specialist in neurology clinics around the country, most of these patients receive their followup care from a primary care physician or "general" neurologist who must be versed in the character istics and treatment plans of this diverse group of disorders. The major goal of Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders: Diagnosis and Treatment Guidelines for the Practicing Physician is to distill this immense amount of information and to educate the practitioner about the many facets of the movement disorders field. We believe that this book fills a large void, since most texts on movement disorders are more detailed and geared toward the specialist. We have asked the chapter authors to emphasize the clinical characteristics of each disorder, discuss the differential diagnosis and the diagnostic testing, and then outline the various treatment options, as if they were teaching during a preceptorship in their clinic.