Telemedicine for the care of nursing home residents with Parkinson's disease.
Individuals with Parkinson's disease (PD) often require nursing home care, where access to neurologists is limited. Telemedicine uses information and communication technologies to provide health care to individuals who are geographically separate from providers. We present a video report of a nursing home resident with PD who received telemedicine visits over 8 months from a movement disorders specialist. The visits resulted in improvements in motor and cognitive symptoms and suggest that telemedicine may be useful for delivering care to this population.
Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. Kevin.biglan@ctcc.rochester.edu
Kevin M
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Biglan
Tiffini S
TS
Voss
Lisa M
LM
Deuel
David
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Miller
Sheelah
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Eason
Maria
M
Fagnano
Benjamin P
BP
George
Anna
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Appler
Joyce
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Polanowicz
Lucy
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Viti
Sandy
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Smith
Anthony
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Joseph
E Ray
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Dorsey
D000368:Aged; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009735:Nursing Homes; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D017216:Telemedicine / Q000379:methods*