What is cognitive impairment? Cognitive impairment in layman’s terms is the emergence of the main manifestations of memory loss, logical thinking ability to decline, many patients are still working will find that the ability to work is not as good as before, in the past, easy to remember or solve the problem, and now need to take a pen to write down and so on, may be Parkinson’s disease affects the cognitive function. These symptoms are often ignored by patients and their families, especially older patients, memory loss is mostly thought to be old, burnt out, is a normal phenomenon, did not pay enough attention to delay treatment. Typical symptoms of Parkinson’s disease are divided into motor symptoms and non-motor symptoms, motor symptoms are visible to the naked eye, such as tremor, stiffness, slow movement, etc., these symptoms can be used to alleviate the severity of the surgical brain pacemaker treatment, non-motor symptoms such as hallucinations, delusions and other psychiatric symptoms, as well as constipation, sleep disorders, loss of smell, etc., the non-motor symptoms of the treatment in the clinical will be relatively complex. Non-motor symptoms are relatively complicated to treat in the clinic. Most Parkinson’s patients are prone to cognitive impairment in the late stage of the disease, which means that with the development of the disease, the patients are prone to some mental symptoms, such as behavioral abnormalities, delusions, disturbing family members, and being different from what they used to be, etc., which makes the family members suffer from a lot of pain and headache because the patients may not be able to take care of their own lives, and they need to be taken care of by their family members. How should family members help patients with cognitive impairment to improve their quality of life? First, scientific medication is very important In the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, follow the individualized scientific treatment, because each patient due to Parkinson’s disease patients with age of onset, physical fitness, symptoms, length of history are not the same, so in the medication should be in the assessment of a specialist, given the appropriate drug therapy, if you add or subtract drugs or inappropriate treatment, will lead to accelerated development of the disease, it is recommended that patients should choose a It is recommended that patients should choose a regular tertiary hospital for long-term treatment, with a follow-up once every 3 months to track the disease, control the condition, slow down the rate of disease progression, and avoid the premature onset of cognitive impairment. When taking anti-Parkinson’s disease drugs, it is best to take one hour before meals or 1.5 hours after meals to avoid affecting drug absorption. Second, the daily safety should not be sloppy Parkinson’s disease patients with cognitive impairment often can not take care of their own life, need to be assisted by family members, not only because of the difficulty of action, there will be unable to take their own medication, do not distinguish the direction, can not correctly express their own appeals, often less verbal, difficult to express, dependence on the heart is strong, and sometimes often meaningless repetition of certain actions, to do some incomprehensible strange behavior, and do not know to avoid the danger! They do not even know how to avoid danger. Their logical judgment of things is also significantly reduced, and they are more easily deceived. Therefore, this kind of patients need the close supervision of their families. Third, love and care is the best medicine If the patient’s condition is further developed, it is recommended that the family should accompany the patient to go to a tertiary hospital to find a specialist doctor for follow-up, if there are mental problems can be applied under the guidance of experts can be some antipsychotic drugs. Life care and the need for professional guidance to turn over, to prevent the formation of bedsores. If the walking situation is not good, family members also need to prevent patients from falling, diet to ensure that the patient’s diet every day appropriate water, etc., while encouraging the patient to expand the scope of activities, contact with the outside world, but should avoid shock, anger, horror, sadness and other stimuli, the latter can be triggered by the patient’s psychiatric symptoms, and aggravate the condition. As a family member, the patient should be given enough care and attention, and try to communicate with the patient in various ways, so that the patient can be exposed to more positive emotions, which is beneficial to the patient’s condition. The psychological support, affectionate care and life care played by family members cannot be replaced by any medication.