PARKINSON’S DISEASE

1. If a person with Parkinson’s freezes in place while trying to move, have him give Orders/commands aloud to his body.

2. Singing, reading aloud, and speaking aloud are good Exercises for the muscles of the mouth, face, and throat.

3. Parkinson’s disease is the result of the death or impairment of brain cells that produce dopamine, which is a chemical that helps direct bone activity.

4. What are the four main symptoms of Parkinson’s disease?

5. Parkinson’s disease does not affect the thinking or feeling parts of the brain.

6. Three things that are used to treat the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are medications, surgery, and __________.

7. ________ and loss of appetite are problems for Parkinson’s disease sufferers be- cause the stomach and intestinal muscles slow down and are not working properly.

8. You can teach a patient to use cues to stimulate his brain to keep a regular stride when he walks. Two ways to do this are: (1) teach the patient to count while he walks and (2) have the patient listen to strongly rhythmic music in a headset.

9. It is useful for a patient who has difficulty swallowing to think of the process as a series of small events. As you teach him to do one thing at a time, use this sequence:

• Put food on the tongue
• Close the lips
• Chew the food (alternate chewing on one side of the mouth and then the other)
• Lift the ______ up and back
• Swallow

10. When a patient with speech difficulties is trying to talk, you should not rush him or her and should be patient and ______.