{"id":500,"date":"2019-10-16T10:20:45","date_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/?page_id=500"},"modified":"2019-10-16T10:40:47","modified_gmt":"2019-10-16T10:40:47","slug":"parkinsons-uk-scotland","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/2019-challenges\/parkinsons-uk-scotland\/","title":{"rendered":"Parkinson&#8217;s UK Scotland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/10\/logo-old.png\" alt=\"Parkinson's UK Logo\" width=\"449\" height=\"60\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/10\/logo-old.png 449w, https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/65\/2017\/10\/logo-old-300x40.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 449px) 100vw, 449px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h4>Challenge Sponsor<\/h4>\n<p>Around 12,400 people in Scotland have a diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s, that\u2019s approximately 1:500 of the population. In 2019 about 1,600 people in Scotland will be diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s which is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. The symptoms include resting tremor, slowness of movement and muscle stiffness. Parkinson\u2019s can affect every area of daily living, including: talking, walking, balance, swallowing, the ability to smell and write, to name a few. The death of dopamine producing neurones leads to insufficient dopamine being produced.\u00a0 Dopamine is crucial in facilitating the brains control over movement.<\/p>\n<p>Parkinson\u2019s UK Scotland is a registered charity aiming to drive better care, treatment and quality of life for people living with Parkinson\u2018s. Their staff and teams of volunteers within local networks provide a wide range of support to those living with Parkinson\u2019s, their families and carers together with activities and complimentary therapies such as Tai chi, Pilates, massage, walking, dancing, singing, adapted cycling and bowling. Local advisors also provide information and advice on benefit entitlement, employment issues, emotional support and signposting to other services and there is close working with Health and Social Care Staff in pursuit of good practice and care delivery. Parkinson\u2019s UK fund research in pursuit of a cure and improved treatment.<\/p>\n<h4>The Challenge<\/h4>\n<p>Significantly less than half the people with Parkinson\u2019s have a connection with Parkinson\u2019s UK Scotland or take up any aspect of the support portfolio. There are specific populations who are difficult to engage leading to concern that they are not getting comprehensive, holistic, joined up care and treatment from statutory and third sector services. People affected by Parkinson\u2019s who are not connected to Parkinson\u2019s UK are missing out on the most comprehensive and holistic care available. These populations include people living in areas of deprivation, living alone or in care homes. Also, people from ethnic minority groups, those living in rural or large urban areas and individuals living with advanced Parkinson\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>How can Parkinson\u2019s UK Scotland reach these individuals? What type of approaches and strategy could be developed to enable Parkinson\u2019s UK (Scotland) through the volunteer network, to connect with those who do not engage with the charity post diagnosis and address the issue of specific populations who are underserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; &nbsp; Challenge Sponsor Around 12,400 people in Scotland have a diagnosis of Parkinson\u2019s, that\u2019s approximately 1:500 of the population. In 2019 about 1,600 people in Scotland will be diagnosed with Parkinson\u2019s which is a progressive, neurodegenerative disorder. The symptoms include resting tremor, slowness of movement and muscle stiffness. Parkinson\u2019s can affect every area of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":0,"parent":472,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-500","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"blocksy_meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=500"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":504,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/500\/revisions\/504"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/472"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.dundee.ac.uk\/dundeeghc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=500"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}