Understanding Parkinson’s disease

Despite Parkinson’s disease being more common among those over 65 sadly younger people are affected by this debilitating disease also. Younger people when faced with Parkinson’s disease must also face and deal with problems that the older generation don’t have too, besides having to cope with their illness they will be confronted with issues such as caring for young children and adolescents.

As anyone knows caring for children is a full time job which can be a drain both emotionally and financially, managing all aspects of a family including attending sports activities, planning birthday parties, attending school meetings and generally taking care of children can be exhausting for any one. So how does the person suffering from Parkinson’s disease cope with this as well as their illness? (more…)