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Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease

Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes unique motor and non-motor symptoms. Despite symptomatic treatment with pharmacotherapies, many persons with PD report feelings of loneliness and demoralization as their disease progresses. These symptoms greatly interfere with quality of life, necessitating novel tre...

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Autores principales: Garg, Udit, Gujral, Jaskeerat, Gandhi, Om H., Dahodwala, Nabila, Goldner, Linda Joy, Hughes, Sara, Reichwein, Suzanne, Zelouf, Lauren, Aamodt, Whitley W.
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Publicado: IOS Press 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37742662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-230179
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author Garg, Udit
Gujral, Jaskeerat
Gandhi, Om H.
Dahodwala, Nabila
Goldner, Linda Joy
Hughes, Sara
Reichwein, Suzanne
Zelouf, Lauren
Aamodt, Whitley W.
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Gujral, Jaskeerat
Gandhi, Om H.
Dahodwala, Nabila
Goldner, Linda Joy
Hughes, Sara
Reichwein, Suzanne
Zelouf, Lauren
Aamodt, Whitley W.
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description Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes unique motor and non-motor symptoms. Despite symptomatic treatment with pharmacotherapies, many persons with PD report feelings of loneliness and demoralization as their disease progresses. These symptoms greatly interfere with quality of life, necessitating novel treatment strategies. In this report, we introduce a new student-led program to improve psychosocial well-being among persons with PD by pairing them with college students. Through weekly one-on-one meetings, students gain a deeper understanding of PD, while patients gain a new social outlet and purpose. Based on the program’s initial successes, we advocate for the adoption of similar programs at universities worldwide.
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spelling pubmed-106576982023-11-19 Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease Garg, Udit Gujral, Jaskeerat Gandhi, Om H. Dahodwala, Nabila Goldner, Linda Joy Hughes, Sara Reichwein, Suzanne Zelouf, Lauren Aamodt, Whitley W. J Parkinsons Dis Commentary Parkinson’s disease (PD) causes unique motor and non-motor symptoms. Despite symptomatic treatment with pharmacotherapies, many persons with PD report feelings of loneliness and demoralization as their disease progresses. These symptoms greatly interfere with quality of life, necessitating novel treatment strategies. In this report, we introduce a new student-led program to improve psychosocial well-being among persons with PD by pairing them with college students. Through weekly one-on-one meetings, students gain a deeper understanding of PD, while patients gain a new social outlet and purpose. Based on the program’s initial successes, we advocate for the adoption of similar programs at universities worldwide. IOS Press 2023-11-03 /pmc/articles/PMC10657698/ /pubmed/37742662 http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-230179 Text en © 2023 – The authors. Published by IOS Press https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial (CC BY-NC 4.0) License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Garg, Udit
Gujral, Jaskeerat
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Goldner, Linda Joy
Hughes, Sara
Reichwein, Suzanne
Zelouf, Lauren
Aamodt, Whitley W.
Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title_fullStr Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title_full_unstemmed Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title_short Parkinson’s Pals: A Student-Led Program to Facilitate Intergenerational Connections and Promote Psychosocial Well-Being Among Persons with Parkinson’s Disease
title_sort parkinson’s pals: a student-led program to facilitate intergenerational connections and promote psychosocial well-being among persons with parkinson’s disease
topic Commentary
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10657698/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37742662
http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/JPD-230179
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