Self-help videos – Parkinson’s disease

The Movement Disorders Program at the Kingston Centre has developed self-help videos that cover top strategies to help people with Parkinson’s manage some of the common difficulties that they may experience in their everyday life.

The first video introduces the theory behind the strategies by using the example of a car’s cruise control.

The remaining 15 videos present common difficulties and how to overcome them using strategies. These self-help strategies encourage the use of focused attention to concentrate on each step of a sequence in order to perform a task more easily. Practise the strategies demonstrated so you become familiar with them. Use the strategies when the difficulty arises in your daily activities.

The Movement Disorders Program acknowledges the financial assistance provided by the Parkinson’s Foundation, USA, for the production of the following videos.

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Introduction video

Strategy videos

Identify the difficulty you experience due to your Parkinson’s from the list below and click the one that best matches your problem to go to the relevant strategy video:

I have trouble getting out of bed

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.

I find it difficult to get out of a chair

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.

When I walk, my feet shuffle

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist.

I find it difficult to get going when I walk

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist.

I find that I easily lose my balance

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.

I have a lot of trouble walking inside my house

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.

I have had some falls in my bathroom

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Physiotherapist/Occupational Therapist.

My writing is so bad no one can read what I wrote

For further help after viewing this video, please seek an Occupational Therapist.

I have difficulties getting organised

For further help after viewing this video, please seek an Occupational Therapist.

What can I do to improve my driving

For further help after viewing this video, please seek an Occupational Therapist.

My voice is soft, and people find it hard to hear me

For further help after viewing this video, please seek an Occupational Therapist.

I mumble quite a lot

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Speech Pathologist.

I stammer quite a lot

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Speech Pathologist.

I have difficulties swallowing food

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Speech Pathologist.

I seem to get lost when I am having a conversation with friends

For further help after viewing this video, please seek a Speech Pathologist.