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Tips for Caring for Someone with Parkinson’s
Being a caregiver for a loved one who has Parkinson’s disease can be very stressful. It’s difficult to watch someone close to you suffer and you want to be able to do your best for them, but it’s important to remember that you also have to take care of yourself.
We’ve compiled a list of practical tips for caregivers of patients with Parkinson’s disease to hopefully make their lives easier and to help ease the stress. Check them here: “10 Tips for Parkinson’s Disease Caregivers”
Do you already use any of these tips? Which ones do you consider the most important? Are there any ideas missing from this list?
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I liked the post because it is educative. To me, the most important thing is love and understanding. One needs to understand the person living with PD and love them like so. Do not make them feel as though they are a bother to you everytime they ask to be walked out, fed or taken to the toilet.
Adaptive utensils
Since they crave for independence. It is also good to get them some good utensils that contain the tremors. There are some very good parkinson’s spoons such as liftware, gyenno and others that help contain the tremors. Cups are also available such as the handsteady cup or fleximug.
Walkers and canes
You could also get them walkers and canes to help with balance and avoid so many falls
Medication
Though medication is never meant for actual treatment, it helps with curbing the symptoms. Medication such as levodopa among others are great in increasing the dopamine levels. Find the article here https://www.webmd.com/parkinsons-disease/guide/drug-treatments
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Kelvin,thank you so much for your valuable feedback!
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