{"id":768,"date":"2026-04-03T09:20:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T09:20:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eastcoastcgs.com\/staging\/?p=768"},"modified":"2026-04-07T08:08:02","modified_gmt":"2026-04-07T08:08:02","slug":"parkinsons-disease","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eastcoastcgs.com\/staging\/parkinsons-disease\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson\u2019s Disease"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"768\" class=\"elementor elementor-768\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58dea7f4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58dea7f4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-53d483ae elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"53d483ae\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to Care for a Loved One with Parkinson\u2019s<\/h2>\n\n<p>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.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span style=\"color: #5fabe3;\">https:\/\/www.aarp.org\/caregiving\/health\/info-2024\/parkinsons-caregiver.html<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Managing Parkinson\u2019s Dementia: A Guide for Caregivers<\/h2>\n\n<p>This recent article provides a summary of the differences between Alzheimer\u2019s type and Parkinson\u2019s 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\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-care-com-resources wp-block-embed-care-com-resources\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span style=\"color: #5fabe3;\">https:\/\/www.care.com\/c\/parkinsons-dementia\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Taking Care of the Person with Advanced Parkinson\u2019s Disease<\/h2>\n\n<p>The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) has launched a free online course to help healthcare workers better understand advanced Parkinson\u2019s disease and how to best manage the challenges that come with caring for their patients with the disease.<\/p>\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-wp-embed is-provider-american-parkinson-disease-association wp-block-embed-american-parkinson-disease-association\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><span style=\"color: #5fabe3;\">https:\/\/www.apdaparkinson.org\/advancedPD_training\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\u00a0<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Body Worn Sensors<\/h2>\n\n<p>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. 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