*don't get your hopes up too much.
My father has been with us for just over a year and from very early on it was apparent that he had some form of Parkinson's disease, but no official diagnosis. Largely due to COVID, we were unable to get him properly assessed and since Christmas he's been having a lot of falls.
We eventually managed to secure a visit from the Parkinson's nurse and were looking forward to her coming so we could see if there were any treatments that might help. However, the day before, I received a 'phone call telling me she'd been redeployed and so the appointment was cancelled. We were, as you might imagine, very disappointed.
However, two days later, a district nurse turned up (unannounced as usual!) as he cut his arm a couple of weeks ago and she wanted to check it out. She remarked that he seemed very stiff and asked if he had a diagnosis of Parkinson's. We told her that the nurse had been redeployed and it turned out that she was that nurse! Not expecting any miracle cures but if we can get him a bit more mobile that would help as he has hardly left his room this year (which has actually made things easier for us as we have the rest of our house back)
My father has been with us for just over a year and from very early on it was apparent that he had some form of Parkinson's disease, but no official diagnosis. Largely due to COVID, we were unable to get him properly assessed and since Christmas he's been having a lot of falls.
We eventually managed to secure a visit from the Parkinson's nurse and were looking forward to her coming so we could see if there were any treatments that might help. However, the day before, I received a 'phone call telling me she'd been redeployed and so the appointment was cancelled. We were, as you might imagine, very disappointed.
However, two days later, a district nurse turned up (unannounced as usual!) as he cut his arm a couple of weeks ago and she wanted to check it out. She remarked that he seemed very stiff and asked if he had a diagnosis of Parkinson's. We told her that the nurse had been redeployed and it turned out that she was that nurse! Not expecting any miracle cures but if we can get him a bit more mobile that would help as he has hardly left his room this year (which has actually made things easier for us as we have the rest of our house back)