Redefining social work for Parkinson’s: the development of a model of care for specialized support in the clinic, community and home
Objective: The development of a dynamic, multimodal social work program model for individuals, caregivers and families living with Parkinson’s disease Background: Patients living with Parkinson’s…Changing patterns of intimate relationships as dementia emerges in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To explore relationship satisfaction and aspects of intimacy in female partners of people with cognitive impairment associated with Parkinson’s disease (PD) using qualitative methods.…‘It’s not disgraceful to say you can’t cope’ – Understanding the caregivers’ perspective in care home placement for people with Parkinson’s
Objective: 1. To understand the ‘triggers’ to care home placement for a person with Parkinson’s disease (PD) from an informal caregivers’ perspective2. To understand the…From local partnership to national network: the growth of a medically connected, community based program model for Parkinson’s wellness
Objective: To increase the scale of a medical and community partnership program model for the delivery of comprehensive Parkinson’s Wellness programming. Background: In 2007, an…Assessing the extent of carer strain in Parkinson’s disease
Objective: To evaluate the extent of carer strain in newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease (PD) compared with that in long-standing PD, to inform development of carer-support…Physical Activity and Quality of Life in People with Parkinson’s Disease – A Long-term Follow-up Study
Objective: This study aims to examine associations between changes in physical activity (PA) and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) among Parkinson disease (PD) patients. Background:…Implanted Brain-Computer Interface for communication in people with motor impairment
Objective: In people with movement disorder communication can be challenging and depends heavily on their caregiver. Here we describe an ALS-patient utilizing the first fully…Predictors of Patient Satisfaction with Rechargeable Deep Brain Stimulator Implantable Pulse Generators
Objective: To assess predictors of patient satisfaction with rechargeable implantable pulse generators (IPGs) Background: Deep brain stimulation (DBS) is an effective therapy for Parkinson Disease…Safety of Unilateral and Bilateral DBS implants in ET: Preliminary results from Product Surveillance Registry
Objective: To compare the safety of unilateral (Uni) to bilateral (Blt) DBS implants in Essential Tremor (ET). Background: DBS is an effective therapy in reducing…SweetSpot of antidystonic effect in pallidal neurostimulation: a European multicentre imaging study
Objective: We investigated Volumes of Tissue activated (VTA) in dystonia subjects under DBS. We aimed to disentangle the SweetSpot for dystonia suppression within the pallidal region.…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.