Feasibility and preliminary outcomes of an interdisciplinary home visit program for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease
Objective: 1) To demonstrate the feasibility of an interdisciplinary home visit program (HVP) for advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) providing expert, interdisciplinary care directly to homebound…Establishment of InMotion, an independent, fee-free community center for persons with movement disorders
Objective: To describe the establishment of a community center, InMotion (IM), for persons with movement disorders. Background: Needs of people with movement disorders grow with…Group meetings for newly diagnosed Parkinson’s disease patients and their spouses: A preliminary experience
Objective: To estimate the contribution of a group meeting for newly diagnosed PD patients and their spouses. Background: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a common neurodegenerative…Are people with Parkinson’s disease living in care homes in the UK underserved? Identifying models of care and barriers to care access
Objective: To conduct a nationwide online survey of Parkinson's disease nurse specialists (PDNS) and Parkinson's UK information staff to gain insight into current models of…A multi-site survey of Parkinson’s disease deep brain stimulation center best practice: moving toward a standard of care for DBS
Objective: To survey how Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS) Centers handle referrals and peri-operative (surgical and non-surgical) treatment of persons with Parkinson's disease (PD). Background: Currently…Developing palliative care clinics for patients with advanced Parkinson’s disease: Practical approaches, challenges, and experiences
Objective: To describe the development of palliative care clinics for patients with advanced Parkinson's disease (PD) in two diverse settings with a qualitative focus on…The care needs project: Understanding the experience of people with Parkinson’s in institutional care and understanding the care needs of people with Parkinson’s
Objective: To look at predictors to care home placement for people with Parkinson's (PD) along with the experience of those already in care and identify…Sensor based gait analysis: Diagnostic application for apomorphine titration
Objective: The goal of the present study was to quantify individual gait changes by eGaIT during the standardized titration test for subcutaneous apomorphine treatment. Background:…Investigation into the genetic etiology in South African Parkinson’s disease patients
Objective: To investigate the genetic etiology in a group of South Africa Parkinson's disease (PD) patients. Background: The genetic etiology of PD is complex and…Brain metabolic profile changes reflect subtle pathological alterations in different murine models of Parkinson’s disease
Objective: Understanding early, and therefore often subtle, disease processes in Parkinson's disease (PD) is essential for the development of disease modifying cures. But in patients,…
Abstracts from the International Congress of Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders.