Resources for Professionals

This resource is a useful guide if you are asked to provide evidence to support a patient's claim for benefits such as Employment and Support Allowance, Personal Independence Payment or Adult Disability Payment (Scotland only).

Moving Medicine is the ultimate resource to help healthcare professionals integrate physical activity conversations into routine clinical care.

This booklet is for care home staff, and has all the information you need about Parkinson's – and how to best care for someone with the condition.

This booklet, for home care / domicilliary care workers, looks at the symptoms of Parkinson's, treatments available and their potential side effects.

This booklet is for hospital staff. It tells you everything you need to know about Parkinson's, and how to provide the highest quality care for patients on your ward.

This toolkit aims to help those shaping services and treatments for adult people with social care needs, and their carers, to make informed decisions about which services and treatments to provide and how much they cost.

The University of Plymouth telerehab toolkit is designed to support health and social care practitioners in the remote assessment and management of people with movement impairment and physical disability, including people recovering from Coronavirus (COVID-19).

This occupational therapy (OT) referral menu highlights common day to day concerns of people living with Parkinson’s and can be used when referring them to occupational therapy. It is designed to raise awareness, support higher quality referral data and increase rates of access to occupational therapists for people with Parkinson’s.

Developed by The British Psychological Society, in partnership with Lancaster University, this evidence-based guidance outlines evidence-based recommendations for professionals providing psychological support to individuals living with Parkinson's.

The KPPQ is a patient-based questionnaire allowing people with Parkinson's to self-rate the type and severity of pain they are experiencing.