Interdisciplinary Home Visits for Individuals with Advanced Parkinson's Disease and Related Disorders.

ABSTRACT: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a complex, multisymptom, neurodegenerative disease affecting primarily older adults. With progression, many individuals become homebound and removed from coordinated, expert care, resulting in excess morbidity, mortality, and healthcare expenditures in acute care settings and institutions. Home visit care models have achieved the triple aim of improving individual and population health while reducing costs in many frail, community-dwelling geriatric cohorts. This study details a novel, interdisciplinary home visit program specifically designed for individuals with PD and related disorders and their family caregivers built upon best practice principles in the care of multimorbid older adults. At each quarterly home visit, a movement disorders-trained neurologist,

SUBMITTER: Fleisher J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6105368 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature