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Is There Any Treatment For 86 Year Old Bedridden Patient Suffering From Parkinson And Dementia?
Hi my father is 86 years old....Parkinson s plus and dementia.....totally in the bed.....sleeping most of the time and hallucinating for a few hours....he is on quitipine, amantrel and phenergan tablets. Just to know....if he will be able to get up or we have to maintain him like this
Wed, 30 Jul 2014
unfortunately no, there are no treatments at this time for end stage dementia or Parkinson's disease. the treatments for Parkinson's are meant to increase the mobility of the patient and alleviate some of the known complications such as pneumonia. the medications for dementia have only been shown to slow down the progression to a nursing home by a couple of months
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