What is it about?
An occupational therapist, a psychologist and a health researcher worked with people with advanced Parkinson's disease to understand how the disease affected them. This is important as their perspectives on occupation should influence the care they receive.
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Why is it important?
Some people have a narrow view of occupational therapy and this article goes some way to say what is important to people who suffer from neurological disorders, like Parkinson's disease.
Perspectives
I learnt a lot through this research and the paper should help you to understand the ideas about occupation and how they play-out in people with Parkinson's disease
Professor William George Kernohan
University of Ulster
Read the Original
This page is a summary of: “Running Water Won't Freeze”: How people with advanced Parkinson's disease experience occupation, Palliative & Supportive Care, December 2014, Cambridge University Press,
DOI: 10.1017/s1478951514001357.
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