Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease is a condition that worsens over time, with symptoms including slow movement, involuntary shaking and stiff and inflexible muscles. Although there is no cure for Parkinson’s disease, the KASE Care team will ensure that service users will receive treatment to help manage the condition.

Parkinson’s disease affects around one in 500 people, the majority of which begin to develop symptoms over the age of 50 (although one in 20 first experience associated symptoms under 40 years of age) and are male. The condition is a result of a loss of nerve cells in a part of the brain, the substantia nigra, leading to a reduction of dopamine.

Those living with Parkinson’s disease, particularly as the condition worsens, will require care and assistance as carrying out usual day-to-day tasks becomes increasingly difficult. This may require the need for home care visits or assisted living services, depending on the severity of the symptoms.

Creating a Tailored Care Plan

The KASE Care team will create a tailored care plan, with the involvement of the service user and their family, to ensure they can live as independent a life as possible. Our care team will work to help service users maintain and improve:

Functional mobility
Optimal bowel movements
Communication
Positive coping mechanisms
Healthy diet

Those living with Parkinson’s disease may be prone to forming mental health conditions such as anxiety and depression. Our care team will be on hand to offer the help and support a service user, or their friends and family, need during this time.

As someone living with Parkinson’s disease symptoms worsens, it can be difficult to accept as more and more of their independence is taken away. This can be every bit as challenging for loved ones, who will naturally want to do everything that they can to help and care for them.

Our Parkinson’s disease service includes: