title: Interdisciplinary teamwork for the treatment of people with Parkinson's disease and their families.
abstract: Parkinson's disease (PD) is a chronic progressive neurodegenerative and multidimensional disease that involves a range of disabling motor and nonmotor symptoms. These symptoms can have a major impact on the quality of life of PD patients. The focus of this article is to stress the importance of the interdisciplinary team intervention approach in the treatment of patients with PD. The team approach uses experts in PD from different health care professions, including a neurologist, a nurse, a speech and language therapist, a physiotherapist, a social worker, a psychiatrist, an occupational therapist, a sexologist, and a dietician. The major aim of the team and of teamwork is to provide professional care in all motor and nonmotor aspects of PD throughout the course of the disease. There are different models of multidisciplinary teams: inpatient facility, community rehabilitation facility, and synchronized multiprofessional treatment in the community. The Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center model of interdisciplinary care was designed to create a coordinated multidisciplinary team in the Movement Disorders Unit. The role of each team member and their professional objective are described. Their collaboration is by design a promotion of a team goal for maintaining and enhancing the quality of life of PD patients and their families.
authors.affiliation: Movement Disorders Unit, Department of Neurology, Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Sackler School of Medicine, Sagol School of Neuroscience, Tel Aviv University, 6 Weizmann Street, Tel Aviv, 64239, Israel, nirg@tlvmc.gov.il.
authors.forename: Nir
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Giladi
authors.forename: Yael
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Manor
authors.forename: Ariela
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hilel
authors.forename: Tanya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Gurevich
mesh_terms: D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D010300:Parkinson Disease / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D010348:Patient Care Team; D011788:Quality of Life