Artificial intelligence, or AI, is everywhere today. You hear about it on the news, at work, from your friends and family. There are stories of it being used to create everything from a sixth grader’s essay to a doctoral thesis. I’m using a tool with AI right now to write…

Angels on Call, a home care services provider, has been recognized as a Community Partner in Parkinson’s Care by the Parkinson’s Foundation. The Community Partner in Parkinson’s Care membership program educates and trains staff to deliver care plans specifically focused on Parkinson’s patient’s symptoms and…

To help offset the lack of specialty care in Parkinson’s disease, the Parkinson’s Foundation is offering providers who aren’t experts in the progressive neurodegenerative disorder access to the virtual course, “Utilizing Quality Measures to Improve Parkinson’s Care: What Every Neurologist Needs to Know.” The course, which is…

Katie Nathan performs an exercise demonstration. (Photos courtesy of Katie Nathan) This is Katie Nathan’s story: Movement and exercise are vital for improving and maintaining our health, and this couldn’t be more important for people with Parkinson’s disease.  I’m a licensed physical therapist who specializes in Parkinson’s care.

While dopamine-replacing therapies are a key component of Parkinson’s disease care, they only reflect a person’s physical characteristics or the state of their disease. Adding a dose of “hopamine” — a person’s own unique set of hopes, desires, experiences, and skills — to Parkinson’s care takes patients’ personal characteristics…

In-home senior care provider Senior Helpers has purchased Elmhurst, Illinois-based Handle with Care, a company founded by Julie Kastholm and Debbie Russell that has been providing dignified, trusted home care since 2009 to seniors in the greater Chicago area. Handle with Care’s caregivers assist their clients with everyday activities…