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The Care Needs of Patients With Cognitive Impairment in Late-Stage Parkinson's Disease.

Jennifer S PigottBastiaan R BloemStefan LorenzlWassilios G MeissnerPer OdinJoaquim J FerreiraRichard DodelAnette-Eleonore Schrag
Published in: Journal of geriatric psychiatry and neurology (2024)
having seen a Parkinson's nurse or therapist recently, taking psychiatric symptoms, functional disability and care home residence into account. Therapists included were physiotherapy, massage, occupational therapy, speech training and general nursing. These findings highlight unmet need. We suggest that healthcare should be more targeted to help this group of people, given their higher care needs.
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