Management of patients with Parkinson disease

Management of patients with Parkinson disease

Nurse Practitioner:

10 October 2013 - Volume 38 - Issue 10 - p 34-43

doi: 10.1097/01.NPR.0000434090.96229.5c

Feature: DEGENERATIVE DISORDERS: CE Connection

Abstract

Patients with Parkinson disease have prolonged motor and nonmotor symptoms affecting their ability to perform activities of daily living. Providers are tasked not only to provide quality care to afflicted patients but also to offer assistance to their informal caregivers who play a critical supportive role along the illness trajectory.