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. 2021 Jun 30;11(7):623. doi: 10.3390/jpm11070623

Table 4.

Conceptual framework for training Parkinson-Nurses to deliver a personalized care approach.

Module Topic Components Goals
1 Understanding Parkinson’s disease
  • Understanding Parkinson’s disease—symptoms and care requirements

  • Parkinson’s disease stages and care needs

  • Aspects of Parkinson’s disease management

Acquire fundamental knowledge about PD and management principles of motor and non-motor symptoms
2 Being a health coach
  • Clinical assessments for people living with Parkinson’s disease and care partners and their implications for care requirements

  • Acquire understanding of what’s important when managing Parkinson’s disease in a day-to-day practice and at home

  • Aspects of clinical conversations (identifying care priorities etc.)

Acquire skills and knowledge to assess patient-outcomes and identify personal care requirements
3 Aspects of care delivery for people living with Parkinson’s disease and care partner
  • Acquiring an overview of local care resources and important contact points for people living with Parkinson’s disease and care partner

  • Building a local care network

  • Conversation training to motivate patients and care partners

  • Delivering self-management support based on the 5-As

  • Learning about the role of care partners as support person

Acquire knowledge about available local care resources and methods to motivate patients and care partners to use them
4 Telemedicine
  • Adapted to the specific technology

  • Identify role of technology in care model: online monitoring, self-management support, enhance communication

Acquire knowledge about the technology