Continuing Education At Home
Social Worker
Parkinson's Disease
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TRAINING
Course Description
This course is destined to all health-care professionals wishing to gain additional knowledge on Parkinson’s Disease and improve their practice. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a degenerative condition of the brain associated with motor symptoms (slow movement, tremor, rigidity and imbalance) and other complications including cognitive impairment, mental health disorders, sleep disorders and pain and sensory disturbances. It also affects dopamine receptors and is therefore associated with an increased risk of depression. Globally, disability and death due to Parkinson’s Disease are increasing faster than for any other neurological disorder. The prevalence of PD has doubled in the past 25 years, and global estimates in 2019 showed over 8.5 million individuals with PD (WHO, 2019).
This training covers early manifestations of the disease, medical treatment options, rehabilitation, work and life adjustments as well as the stages of grief and reactions to the diagnosis, thus providing the reader with a solid understanding of PD and the medical approaches that can be undertaken.
Introduction
Parkinson’s disease is neurodegenerative disorder that causes difficulties with movement and behavior that become progressively worse over time. It is one of the most common neurological disorders affecting about 1 percent of people over the age of 60 and is the second most common movement disorder. Parkinson’s disease manifests itself in several characteristics ways including a resting tremor, cogwheel rigidity and postural instability. Other common features are “masked facies,” a poverty of movement and the phenomenon of “freezing.” Many of the neurological problems associated with Parkinson’s disease can be linking to a destruction of dopamine-containing neurons in a region of the brain called the substantia nigra. Perhaps the current most famous person with the disease is the actor Michael J. Fox, who has raised public awareness about the disease and continues to work toward raising money for rese
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