Question

Peter is 74 and has Parkinson’s disease. He resides in his own home in the community. When the support worker arrives, she finds that Peter has left all his washing in the basket in the laundry. When the worker asks Peter why he hasn’t hung out the washing, he tells her that he can’t lift the sheets and towels onto the clothes line because they are too heavy.

What is limiting Peter’s abilities?

Answer 1

Parkinson's disease is a slowly progressive neurological disease due to the change in dopamine level. It is mainly characterized by difficulty in movement and tremors.

Person with Parkinson's disease can not do their daily living activities independently because of the tremors. Patient shown symptoms such as slow movement, loss of coordination, tremors, muscle stiffness etc. So the tremors appears on the limb mainly on the hands and due to the muscle stiffness and loss of coordination patient can not hold the things.