Parkinson’s Disease

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Parkinson’s Disease Program 

A multidisciplinary rehabilitation program, designed to improve movement, function and speech quality for individuals diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, which incorporates robotic-assisted, interactive and sensor-based rehabilitation technology.

The program also aims to provide education to both the individual and their carers to improve understanding and enable better self-management of their condition.

Education topics 

• Activities of daily living (incl. assistive devices)
• Falls prevention
• Incontinence management and aids
• Energy conservation and task simplification
• Nutrition
• Exercise
• Mental health and wellbeing (incl. sleep hygiene)
• Parkinson’s disease pathophysiology and treatments
• Medications
• Symptoms and symptom management 

Therapies

• Exercise Physiology
• Physiotherapy
• Speech Pathology
• Occupational Therapy