Patient/caregiver was educated on lifestyle modifications for individuals with Parkinson's Disease as follows: Rigidity and difficulty to initiate movements can often delay the Parkinson’s patient reaching the restroom and consequently, increase risk for incontinence. Wearing disposable adult diapers can help prevent embarrassing situations. Waiting for a few minutes after an act of voiding and trying to void again can help better emptying of the bladder and thereby, prolong the duration for the next restroom trip. [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on lifestyle modifications for individuals with Parkinson's Disease as follows: Drink fluids liberally or as recommended during the daytime and wakeful hours. Limit your fluid intake after dinner and during the night, which can help reduce the trips to the restroom during the night. Trips to the restroom can take unduly long and affect the quality of sleep in Parkinson’s patients. Using a urinal or bedside commode during the night can be [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on lifestyle modifications for individuals with Parkinson's Disease as follows: Poor grips in individuals with Parkinson’s can often make the task of holding cup, pen, and pencil challenging. Use of adaptive equipment, such as, silicone stretchy cuffs can help promote the grip and reduce the stress of work for the individual. Individuals with Parkinson’s disease can present with slowed reaction time and rigidity of movement. Also, advanced age of senior citizens can [...]

Patient/caregiver was educated on lifestyle modifications for individuals with Parkinson's Disease as follows: Parkinson’s patients can choose to have a chair at the sink while brushing teeth and combing, so that, they can be seated. As the movements are slowed in Parkinson’s patients, it could take longer to complete the activities and so, being seated can help avoid fatigue and exhaustion. Individuals with Parkinson’s disease must rely more on using mixer/grinder for cutting vegetables. Tremors [...]