Aug 29, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Most people who begin levodopa treatment for Parkinson’s disease can get several years of near-complete relief from symptoms with few side effects. After several years on levodopa, however, it’s common for symptoms to become...
Aug 22, 2024 | Caregiver Articles, Living with PD
Shared from dailycaring.com. Get help with this tough decision Moving to assisted living is a huge, difficult, and often heart-wrenching decision for caregivers. Guilt, promises made, and feelings of obligation make it even harder. Because there are so many...
Aug 22, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from dailycaring.com. Dementia can cause fidgeting hands Seniors with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia may show anxiety or agitation through fidgety hands. Signs include pulling or rubbing at clothes or bedding, rubbing hands together, twisting fingers,...
Aug 22, 2024 | General Interest, Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. Parkinsonism is a syndrome, or collection of symptoms, characterized by motor issues — bradykinesia (slowed movements), tremors, loss of balance, and stiffness. There are many types of parkinsonism, which are classified by their...
Aug 22, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from apdaparkinson.org. It has long been understood that Parkinson’s disease (PD) does not just cause movement, or motor, symptoms, but also causes a litany of non-motor symptoms with effects throughout the body. One of the organ systems that is affected...
Aug 22, 2024 | Living with PD
Shared from myparkinsonsteam.com. If you are living with Parkinson’s disease, you might often feel run-down, out of energy, or even a bone-deep kind of tired that isn’t relieved with rest. Those feelings of intense tiredness are known as fatigue — a symptom that...
