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- Title
Clinical aspects of palliative care in advanced Parkinson's disease.
- Authors
Lokk, Johan; Delbari, Ahmad
- Abstract
Parkinson's disease (PD) is one of the most common neurodegenerative disorders of the elderly population. Few therapeutic options are available for patients with PD requiring palliative care. Treatment of the early stages of PD is entirely different from later stages. During the later stages, the palliative care model is introduced to provide the patient with comfort and support. Early palliative care in PD requires minimization of dyskinesias and decreasing occurrence of motor and non-motor off times in an effort to maximize independent motor function. In the later stages, the focus of treatment shifts to treating the predominant non-motor symptoms and having a more supportive and palliative nature. The purpose of this review is to provide a summary of the palliative care management issues and palliative care management options of end-stage PD patients.
- Subjects
TERMINAL care; PRESSURE ulcers; CHRONIC pain; COGNITION disorders; MENTAL depression; PARKINSON'S disease; SOCIAL support; WELL-being
- Publication
BMC Palliative Care, 2012, Vol 11, Issue 1, p20
- ISSN
1472-684X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1186/1472-684X-11-20