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.
Biglan
Kevin M
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Department of Neurology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14620, USA. Kevin.biglan@ctcc.rochester.edu
Voss
Tiffini S
TS
Deuel
Lisa M
LM
Miller
David
D
Eason
Sheelah
S
Fagnano
Maria
M
George
Benjamin P
BP
Appler
Anna
A
Polanowicz
Joyce
J
Viti
Lucy
L
Smith
Sandy
S
Joseph
Anthony
A
Dorsey
E Ray
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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*