Caring for your resident with Parkinson's booklet
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.
- Anticipatory / advanced care
- Care strategies
- Infection and falls prevention, and bone health
- Inpatient care and medicines management
- Mental health
- Service improvement
- Side effects
- Social care
- Symptoms
- Treatments and medication
- Publications
- Care manager
- Care worker
- Diagnosis
- End of life
- Maintenance
This guide is for care home staff and managers. It contains essential information about Parkinson's, and common symptoms that people with Parkinson’s will experience. It also covers the importance of time-critical medication management, and how to best care for someone with the condition, including advanced care and end-of-life planning.
Containing a comprehensive glossary of clinical terms, this booklet aims to support people who will come across people with Parkinson’s in the course of their work in residential care homes. It aims to support staff to understand the condition better, and guide them in how to provide better care for this group.
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