How to provide proper psychological care for Parkinson’s patients?

  Parkinson’s is a progressive disease, and most Parkinson’s patients and their families only treat motor symptoms, but do not pay enough attention to non-motor symptoms, such as speech impairment, swallowing disorders, and mental disorders. These non-motor symptoms seriously affect the quality of life of patients in the middle and late stages. In addition to the treatment of motor symptoms, how to help Parkinson’s patients to alleviate the pain of non-motor symptoms and rebuild their confidence in fighting the disease. Summarize the following points: 1, treatment of Parkinson’s, family members should actively encourage patients to take the initiative to exercise, such as eating, dressing, washing, etc., do not do everything for the patient; for those with speech impairment, patients can try to practice pronunciation loudly in front of the mirror to reduce the harm of Parkinson’s.  2, for patients with long-term illness, appear to have depression, anxiety, psychological scale assessment, patients with high scores, should be given appropriate psychotropic drug treatment. Patients should be actively encouraged to create a good treatment and recuperation environment for them.  3, help patients to establish confidence to overcome the disease. Parkinson’s disease is long and gradually worsens with time, which produces a certain amount of pressure on the patient’s spirit. Do a good job of psychological care, to overcome the patient’s pessimism and disappointment, anxiety and worry and other negative emotions, to establish a correct concept of life and death, to fight the disease, to maintain a balanced state of mind is very important for the control of the disease.  4, give the patient full care and love. Many Parkinson’s patients, after the disease, avoid interpersonal communication, do not communicate with people, feel lonely, or even fear or despair, at this time, in addition to reasonable drug treatment, more need is the care and love of family and friends, take the initiative to communicate with patients, to establish a pleasant atmosphere for them to work and live, so that patients feel relaxed.  5.Introduce relevant disease knowledge to patients and help them understand the causes, performance, treatment and laws of the diseases they suffer from. Inform patients of treatment, medication and general knowledge about the disease so that they can understand the condition and cooperate with the treatment.  6. Nursing staff should strengthen their own psychological training and pay attention to the art of language. In clinical nursing work, we should be thorough and careful, carefully observe the changes in the condition and the psychological activities of the patient, master the formation of the patient’s psychological characteristics and the laws of psychological activities, and carry out psychological care in a targeted manner.  It can be seen that in addition to the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, psychological care is equally important, so we cannot ignore the psychological care of Parkinson’s patients. The reason why we should not ignore the psychological care of Parkinson’s patients is to help us treat Parkinson’s disease better, but we should also pay attention to the choice of treatment method, a good treatment method will be the key to restore the health of patients.