Episode 28: Tips for Dressing Someone With Parkinson’s
Description
Dressing someone else can be a challenge in itself. When it is coupled with a disability or impairment, it becomes a learned skill. Most adults who are parents have experience dressing their children, but dressing another adult brings a whole new set of challenges. This is especially true if the adult has a physical condition that prevents them from assisting, such as Parkinson’s Disease (PD).
- Adapt and Enable
- Create a New Routine
Try to keep in mind that the person with Parkinson’s disease needs to retain their sense of identity and feelings of self-worth. They need to feel valued as the person they have been and are now. There are many things we can do to help simply by being flexible and tolerant, making time to listen, showing affection and support, and finding things to continue to do together.
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