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Author : Alberto J. Espay
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780578373881
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life with Parkinson's 50 Facts & More written by Alberto J. Espay and published by . This book was released on 2022-04 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The PD Companion, a lifestyle manual for living with Parkinson's disease (PD), is filled with salient insights helpful for anyone with PD, their care partners, and families, and it comes packed with love. The book is not overly long, yet it overflows with important information. The clinical details within have been reviewed by the well-respected Parkinson's researcher Dr. Alberto Espay of the Gardner Center for Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders at the University of Cincinnati. This is not a guide designed to simply list the enumerable written facts about PD. Rather, it is filled with layperson-friendly creative drawings, tables, and schematics designed to improve readers' health literacy by contextually illustrating the many key-points about the disorder, highlighting how to take care of oneself medically. The manner of information presentation creates reading as easy as it can get when describing a disorder like PD, a disease where no 2 people's experience of it are exactly alike. With the depth of illustrations and description provided throughout comes clarity and respective priorities for the person living with PD, their care partner(s) and family members to absorb and refer back to as the need arises. The PD Companion contains key sections devoted to living well with PD for the person with the disorder, care partner(s), family, friends, and colleagues. Much of it is practical advice portrayed logically, including crucial recommendations. Most importantly, all the innumerable "pearls" to be discovered within are presented with care, compassion, and concern. Several unique "bonus" sections in PD Companion serve to round out its long-term utility, such as an appended quick reference guide to the many PD-related abbreviations and acronyms, an ever-growing list which can be challenging to keep track of. Equally important is the exhaustive collection of PD terms and vocabulary with corresponding easy-to-grasp definitions. This glossary of "all things Parkinson's", also includes respective page numbers so readers can actually locate the word or phrase in context within the book. Readers will want to keep this reference handy as a consultative resource, and perhaps even provide a "share copy" for interested relations in their life.

Author : Michael S. Okun
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481854993
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.92/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parkinson's Treatment written by Michael S. Okun and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-03-16 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Addresses all of the new and emerging Parkinson's disease therapies (stem cells, gene therapy, optogenetics, etc.).

Author : Sotirios Parashos
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019931120X
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Navigating Life with Parkinson Disease written by Sotirios Parashos and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2012-11-20 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Here is a marvelous guide for anyone affected by Parkinson's disease--patients, caregivers, family members, and friends. Containing the most up-to-date information on the disease, one of the most common neurological disorders, it discusses the available treatments and provides practical advice on how to manage the disease in the long term. Emphasizing life-style adjustments that will provide a better quality of life and moderate the burden for patients and their loved ones, the book answers many questions and clarifies misunderstandings regarding the disease. Written by two experts on Parkinson's disease and a freelance journalist, the book is approachable and easily understandable. Question and answer sections are provided, while "hot topics" are highlighted for easy visibility. The authors have also included true patient stories that will both inspire and instruct, and they have addressed several topics often not mentioned in physician-directed disease management, such as how to talk to family and friends about one's life with Parkinson's.

Author : Thomas B. Graboys
Publisher : Union Square Press
ISBN 13 : 1402753411
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Life in the Balance written by Thomas B. Graboys and published by Union Square Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chronicles the author's descent from a top cardiologist to a patient slowly succumbing to Parkinson's disease and dementia, including how he struggles with the feelings he experiences daily and the impact of the diseases in his life.

Author : Shelley Peterman Schwarz
Publisher : Demos Medical Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1934559369
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Parkinson's Disease written by Shelley Peterman Schwarz and published by Demos Medical Publishing. This book was released on 2006-06-06 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An indispensable resource for patients, families, and caregivers Filled with creative tips and techniques, this updated second edition of Parkinson's Disease: 300 Tips for Making Life Easier contains a wealth of ideas and shortcuts for working, organizing, simplifying, and conserving time and energy while living with Parkinson's disease. It includes: Ways to make your home safe and accessible, your mealtimes more pleasurable, and your communications easier Unique product suggestions that make daily living tasks less stressful Extensive resources to help you easily locate items and services

Author : Lianna Marie
Publisher : Purdue University Press
ISBN 13 : 1557536686
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.86/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones written by Lianna Marie and published by Purdue University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-15 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease is as disorienting as it is devastating. The Complete Guide for People With Parkinson’s Disease and Their Loved Ones helps make sense of what comes next and what can be done, not just for those suffering from the disease but for their family and friends as well. A trained nurse and primary caregiver for her mother, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1991, Lianna Marie draws upon over twenty years of education, research, and direct experience. Written in straightforward and easily accessible language, this essential guide aims to help patients better understand their role in their treatment so that they may continue to lead happy and hopeful lives. Topics covered include nutrition and exercise, alternative and complementary therapies, medication and treatment, and what caregivers can do to help. Written by an international expert on Parkinson’s who has confronted the disease firsthand, The Complete Guide serves as the go-to book for comprehensive, easy-to-understand information for all Parkinson’s patients and their loved ones.

Author : Allan Hugh Cole
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0190672927
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Counseling Persons with Parkinson's Disease written by Allan Hugh Cole and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2021 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Counseling Persons with Parkinson's Disease offers a distinctive, practical, philosophically grounded, and person-centered approach to counseling those living with Parkinson's disease and other chronic illnesses. As a seasoned teacher of professional counselors who also lives with Parkinson's, the author demonstrates that chronic illness requires accepting and living with profound loss, but that this loss may lead to personal transformation and constructive ends, wherein one finds new hope, meaning, purpose, happiness, and passion for living. Equal parts memoir and professional resource, this book guides clinicians who give counsel, educators who teach counseling, and anyone wanting to know more about Parkinson's disease and providing support for those who live with it. Parkinson's disease; bereavement; grief, mourning; illness; counseling; task-centered; happiness"--

Author : Joel Havemann
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 080187789X
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Life Shaken written by Joel Havemann and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2003-04-30 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I'm flat on my back on a couch that's too short in a windowless room in the bureau. I can't even sit at a computer, much less make a keyboard work. My arms and legs are shaking uncontrollably. Although I am only 53 years old, I have already been struggling with Parkinson's disease for seven years. And right now the disease is winning." So begins Joel Havemann's account of the insidious disease that is Parkinson's. Into his own story, Havemann weaves accessible explanations of how Parkinson's disrupts the brain's circuitry, how symptoms are managed through drugs and surgery, and how people cope with the disease's psychological challenges. The updated paperback edition brings the discussion of treatment options and research thoroughly up to date.

Author : Michael J. Fox
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 1401395252
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Always Looking Up written by Michael J. Fox and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2009-03-31 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the turn from our bedroom into the hallway, there is an old, full-length mirror in a wooden frame. I can't help but catch a glimpse of myself as I pass. Turning fully toward the glass, I consider what I see. This reflected version of myself, wet, shaking, rumpled, pinched, and slightly stooped, would be alarming were it not for the self-satisfied expression pasted across my face. I would ask the obvious question, "What are you smiling about?" but I already know the answer: "It just gets better from here." There are many words to describe Michael J. Fox: Actor. Husband. Father. Activist. But readers of Always Looking Up will soon add another to the list: Optimist. Michael writes about the hard-won perspective that helped him see challenges as opportunities. Instead of building walls around himself, he developed a personal policy of engagement and discovery: an emotional, psychological, intellectual, and spiritual outlook that has served him throughout his struggle with Parkinson's disease. Michael's exit from a very demanding, very public arena offered him the time--and the inspiration--to open up new doors leading to unexpected places. One door even led him to the center of his own family, the greatest destination of all. The last ten years, which is really the stuff of this book, began with such a loss: my retirement from Spin City. I found myself struggling with a strange new dynamic: the shifting of public and private personas. I had been Mike the actor, then Mike the actor with PD. Now was I just Mike with PD Parkinson's had consumed my career and, in a sense, had become my career. But where did all of this leave Me? I had to build a new life when I was already pretty happy with the old one. Always Looking Up shares the critical themes of Michael's life: work, politics, faith, and family. The book is a journey of self-discovery and reinvention, and a testament to the consolations that protect him from the ravages of Parkinson's. With humor and wit Michael describes how he became a happier, more satisfied person by recognizing the gifts of everyday life.

Author : Michael J. Fox
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 1250265622
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.23/5 ( download)

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Download or read book No Time Like the Future written by Michael J. Fox and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A moving account of resilience, hope, fear and mortality, and how these things resonate in our lives, by actor and advocate Michael J. Fox. The entire world knows Michael J. Fox as Marty McFly, the teenage sidekick of Doc Brown in Back to the Future; as Alex P. Keaton in Family Ties; as Mike Flaherty in Spin City; and through numerous other movie roles and guest appearances on shows such as The Good Wife and Curb Your Enthusiasm. Diagnosed at age 29, Michael is equally engaged in Parkinson’s advocacy work, raising global awareness of the disease and helping find a cure through The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research, the world’s leading non-profit funder of PD science. His two previous bestselling memoirs, Lucky Man and Always Looking Up, dealt with how he came to terms with the illness, all the while exhibiting his iconic optimism. His new memoir reassesses this outlook, as events in the past decade presented additional challenges. In No Time Like the Future: An Optimist Considers Mortality, Michael shares personal stories and observations about illness and health, aging, the strength of family and friends, and how our perceptions about time affect the way we approach mortality. Thoughtful and moving, but with Fox’s trademark sense of humor, his book provides a vehicle for reflection about our lives, our loves, and our losses. Running through the narrative is the drama of the medical madness Fox recently experienced, that included his daily negotiations with the Parkinson’s disease he’s had since 1991, and a spinal cord issue that necessitated immediate surgery. His challenge to learn how to walk again, only to suffer a devastating fall, nearly caused him to ditch his trademark optimism and “get out of the lemonade business altogether.” Does he make it all of the way back? Read the book.