Approximately 1.5 Million Americans Have Parkinson's Disease, Roughly 90,000 in Texas
DENTON, Texas, April 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Accolade, a Texas-based home healthcare and hospice provider, observes April, National Parkinson's Awareness Month, in hopes of driving awareness of Parkinson's disease. Accolade's innovative short-term program enables people living with the disease to live life to the fullest while maintaining independence.
According to the National Parkinson Foundation, 1.5 million Americans currently have Parkinson's disease and another 60,000 new cases are diagnosed in the United States each year. Parkinson's disease, a neurodegenerative disease, affects the brain's 'control system,' making everyday activities and habitual movements difficult.
Accolade's short-term program for Parkinson's disease is designed to assist in the transitions of the disease process for newly diagnosed and patients already living with the disease. The program helps patients manage symptoms, function independently and make appropriate adjustments to live with a chronic illness. Since there is currently no known treatment to slow or stop the progression of the disease, Accolade focuses their care on maximizing the patient's quality of life, coping with the symptoms and establishing implementation of specialized treatment plans.
In addition to Accolade's specialized short-term program for Parkinson's disease, they offer physical therapy to aide in postural instability or impaired balance, occupational therapy to regain independence in activities of daily living and adjustment to tremors, speech therapy to assist in speech and swallowing difficulties as well as cognition problems for more progressive cases.
To get a real, raw look at what a day in the life of Parkinson's disease looks like, Accolade interviewed Mr. Oman Turner and his wife Doris, of Lubbock, Texas. Mr. Turner was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 1980 and has lived with PD for over two decades. As with many other Parkinson's disease patients, one of the hardest parts of the disease for Oman is the confinement the disease creates. With Accolade's physical therapy service, Oman is working to improve strength, balance and posture.
"Our specialized short-term programs for Parkinson's disease patients focuses on giving them back their independence while managing the day-to-day changes that come with a progressive neurological disease," said Thomas Collier, an Accolade Physical Therapist.
Accolade recently developed a quiz to assess whether a person has developed symptoms which are indicative of Parkinson's disease. The quiz, a discussion tool, asks questions concerning a person's ability to perform normal daily activities and changes in body movement as well as other indicators of Parkinson's disease. If a respondent answers 'yes' to any of the questions, Accolade recommends they discuss the findings during their next physician's appointment.
Accolade Homecare
Based in Denton, Texas, Accolade Homecare has served Home Health and Hospice patients for more than 20 years. With 20 locations throughout Texas and Oklahoma, Accolade's nurses and therapists visit patients in their homes, assess symptoms and provide treatment under the orders of the patient's physician.
Accolade's sophisticated specialty programs focus on the patient and includes family members every step of the way. Accolade's services incorporate treatment for Alzheimer's disease, dementia, cardiac care, orthopedic care, foot care, Physical therapy, Occupational therapy, Speech therapy and provide training for wound and ostomy care, enteral nutrition and diabetes. Accolade's hospice offers a special kind of care designed to meet the physical, emotional and spiritual needs of terminally-ill patients and their families.
Accolade provides customized solutions in Alzheimer's, Orthopedic, Diabetes, Geriatrics, Cardiopulmonary, Wound Care, Hospice, Medication Management, Foot Care, Nutritional Education as well as providing care in skilled nursing, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, social work, home health aide and nutrition. They are also dedicated to state of the art technology. Some of their programs include telemedicine that provides heart rate, blood pressure, weight, and oxygen saturation rate daily for a nurse to review. Other technology that improves clinical outcomes is on-site PT/INR readings.
Contact: Lori Jones
Avocet Communications
Lori@avocetcommunications.com
303-678-7102
Accolade Homecare
