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Dear Sirs, We read with interest the paper by Helmich and Bloem outlining the Hidden Sorrows and Emerging Opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic may bring to the Parkinson’s population [1].… Click to show full abstract
Dear Sirs, We read with interest the paper by Helmich and Bloem outlining the Hidden Sorrows and Emerging Opportunities that the COVID-19 pandemic may bring to the Parkinson’s population [1]. As we are navigating our way through the complexity of providing support to people with Parkinson’s who are self-isolating, we find that our experience resonates with what the authors describe. However, an additional Hidden Sorrow is the impact on caregivers, and the relationship between them and those they care for. We present 3 vignettes (from just one day of community Parkinson’s nurse home visits) that illustrate this important, and yet easy to overlook, issue:
Journal Title: Journal of Parkinson's Disease
Year Published: 2020
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