Telehealth Improves Palliative Care Access for Parkinson’s Patients

A recent study has found that offering telehealth services to patients with Parkinson’s disease can help increase awareness around their palliative care options and improve their quality of life. A study of 359 patients with Parkinson disease and related disorders found that those receiving interdisciplinary team-based palliative care support via telehealth reported higher quality of […]

Foundation to Jump Start Palliative Care for Parkinson’s Patients

The Parkinson’s Foundation is collaborating with the University of Rochester Medicare Center to make palliative care a standard practice across all Parkinson’s Foundation Centers of Excellence.  The foundation has designated 47 medical centers worldwide as Centers of Excellence, including 33 in the United States. These centers include a specialized team of neurologists, movement disorder specialists, […]