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Symposium

Aging Research & Geriatric Rehabilitation

Clinical Practice

Neurodegenerative Disease

Optimizing Parkinson’s Care: Patient-centered Pathways for Better Care Delivery Across All Stages with Real Case Examples 1936

Thursday, October 30, 2025
8:15 AM - 9:15 AM  
Location:  ROOM: Private Dining Room #5 >>> DIRECTIONS Third Floor >>> From the Main Elevator Bank, proceed right and then right again after the stairs. PDR #5 is located at the end of the corridor on the left.
Optimal care for people with PD is provided when collaboration occurs with the patient and their clinicians but also between clinicians to address their specific needs. Clinical decision making for treating people with Parkinson’s Disease varies across disciplines and as the disease progresses. To facilitate improved consistency of care, best practice and optimal patient outcomes throughout the continuum of care, we developed patient-centered care pathways. This pathway acts as a guide to goal setting, plan of care considerations, education, resources and programming within each discipline. It includes 4 focuses: (1) consultative, (2) improving function through restorative care, (3) improving function through compensatory strategies, and (4) palliative care to support in the later stages of PD.  This Care Pathway is utilized by all disciplines across all levels care in the Outpatient, DayRehab, and Inpatient Rehab settings. In this symposium, we will illustrate the Care Pathway with 4 case examples.

Learning Objectives:

  • Describe each of the 4 focuses in the Patient Centered Care Pathway.
  • Summarize how the PD Boot Camp Program illustrates the Restorative focuses.
  • Describe how clinician resources and educational materials have been integrated into each of the focuses.