Updates to the Self-Care Manual

Please select one of the chapter titles for updates to that chapter Only the chapters marked with an * have new information.

  Medical Information
1  What is Parkinson's Disease
2 
General symptoms *
3 
Treatment and medication *

  Thoughts and Feelings
4  Responding to the diagnosis
5  Talking about your illness
6 
Information for partners, families and friends *

  Daily Life
7 
Tips for everyday living *
8  Help with movement
9  Exercises
10 
Diet *
11  Sports, hobbies and holidays
12 
Relationships and communication *

  Self-care
13 
Care at home from partners, families and friends *
14 
Lifting techniques *
15 
Help from the PDS of the United Kingdom *

  Professional Help
16  Outline of professional help
17  Physiotherapy
18  Occupational therapy
19 
Speech and language therapy *
20  Parkinsons's Disease Nurse Specialists
21 
Care in a hospital *
22 
Care in a residential home or nursing home *
23 
Complementary therapy for Parkinson's *

  Rules and Regulations
24 
Work *
25 
Welfare benefits *
26 
Patients' carers' right *

  Further medical information
27 
Particular symptoms *
28  Mental changes
29  Medication that contains levodopa
30 
Other medication *
31 
Surgical treatment *

  Further psychosocial information
32  Coping with stress
33  Spiritual welfare

  Glossary
34  Glossary
35 
Further reading *

* update avaible


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