Parkinson’s Disease
Shakedown
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
