Open AccessWhen One Hat Doesn’t Fit All: Personalised Management for Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease
Author(s) -
Sudeshi Wijethilaka
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
hsoa journal of gerontology and geriatric medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2381-8662
DOI - 10.24966/ggm-8662/100088
Subject(s) - substantia nigra , parkinson's disease , disease , dopaminergic , motor symptoms , medicine , physical medicine and rehabilitation , neuroscience , gerontology , psychology , dopamine , pathology
This article aims to provide a commentary on the article ‘An Innovative Personalised Management Program for Older Adults with Parkinson’s Disease’. Parkinson’s Disease (PD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder that typically affects the patients as a constellation of motor and non-motor symptoms related to decline in the dopaminergic neurones in the substantia nigra.