Angels on Call, a home care services provider, has been granted Certified Parkinson Disease Care (CPDC) accreditation by the Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Alliance (PMD Alliance). The agency became the first in its field to earn the certification in the U.S. The accreditation involves training staff to…

Parkinson’s disease patients who experience tremor are invited to complete an online survey aimed at assessing the difficulties due to this common disease symptom, with an ultimate goal of promoting more effective treatments. The survey, called the “Burden of Tremor in Parkinson’s Disease,” is a collaboration…

An online survey by the nonprofit group PMD Alliance found that care partners are more likely to report Parkinson’s disease-related non-motor symptoms than are patients themselves, and to feel more affected by them. These responses underscore the need for better recognition and education about Parkinson’s non-motor symptoms, many of…

Nearly all Parkinson’s disease patients experience non-movement symptoms, such as sleep disturbances or depression, which affect their quality of life as much as movement-related symptoms, according to an online survey of 700 participants, nearly 600 of whom completed it in full. Patients’ caregivers are those most likely to detect non-movement…

To make the most of the limited time Parkinson’s disease patients and physicians have during an office visit, the nonprofit Parkinson’s & Movement Disorder Alliance (PMDAlliance) has created emPowered!, a new tool for tracking symptoms and reporting them to healthcare providers. The booklet, in which patients will log…

The Parkinson and Movement Disorder Alliance, a U.S. non-profit organization, is presenting its first  Learn. Live. Connect. Parkinson’s Conference on April 27 in Boston, Massachusetts, to give those living with Parkinson’s disease an opportunity to hear from experts about symptoms, therapies and research. PMDAlliance works to improve the everyday…