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Living Well
While living with PD can be challenging there is hope. Hope in
the fact, that there are things you can do to maintain your
quality of life and live well. In this section, we will explore
ways to:
- Maintain a healthy diet
- How to navigate daily activities of living like grooming
and sleeping.
- Ways to make your life easier and safer at home.
- How to handle mental health issues such as
depression,
anxiety
and
psychosis.
- How to take care of your patient with Parkinson’s while
taking care of yourself.
- How to boost your mobility confidence
Nutrition
A healthy diet with plenty of water is the foundation for
good health, regardless of whether or not you have PD. However,
for those with PD, it is even more important. The reason why it
is so critical for those with PD is that healthy eating can help
keep your bones strong, thus decreasing the likelihood of a
fracture if you fall. It also helps you fight constipation,
which is common with PD. In this section, you will learn about
which foods to eat if you have PD in order to maintain your bone
health and activity level
Activities of Daily
Living
Sometimes the challenges of living with PD interfere with
basic activities once considered routine like bathing, dressing,
eating, sleeping and walking about. While it may seem
disheartening, there is help. Besides contacting a local
occupational therapist, here are a few tips to help you live a
better quality of life.
Sleep
We all know how critical a good night’s sleep is to our
health and well-being. However, for those with PD, sleep becomes
even more important as the body needs more time to restore and
repair itself. Not surprisingly, sleep-related symptoms are
reported by more than 75% of people with PD. The following are
the most common complaints:
- Difficulty falling and staying asleep
- Excessive daytime sleepiness
- Talking or yelling out while asleep
- Vivid
dreaming
- Leg movements, jerking, cramping
- Difficulty turning over in bed
- Waking up to go to the bathroom
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