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Understanding Parkinson’s for health and social care staff

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Understanding Parkinson’s for health and social care staff

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  • 24 hours study
  • Level 1: Introductory
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      Welcome to Understanding Parkinson's for health and social care staff.Parkinson's Excellence Network logo
      This course was produced by the Parkinson's Excellence Network.

      As a health or social care professional you may provide care for people with Parkinson's. This may be in hospital, full-time residential care, in the community or in short-term respite care. It is likely that you will mostly come into contact with people with Parkinson's who are at the complex phase and this will be the focus of this course.

      RCN logo of 2 interlinked hands with "RCN Endorsed" underneath
      This programme has been endorsed by the Royal College of Nursing until January 2023. Endorsement applies only to the educational content of the programme and does not apply to any product.

       

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      This course was shortlisted for the 2017 Scottish Charity Awards in the Demonstrating Digital and People's Choice categories.
       


      You will work online in this course at a pace that suits you. It also gives you an opportunity to connect with your peers and you can use it as a framework to support group work with colleagues.


      By studying the course, you will have the opportunity to gain a digital badge – you need to click on the ‘Enrol’ button to be able to do the quizzes and earn the badge. You can find out more about the Understanding Parkinson's badge on the Course and badge information page.

      Understanding Parkinson's Sample text with Excellence Network logo including arrowsThis course is produced by the Parkinson's Excellence Network. It was originally produced as a face-to-face workshop course and was re-versioned for online study with the support of the Opening Educational Practices in Scotland Project.

      Details of everyone involved in producing and funding this course can be found on the OpenLearn Create Acknowledgements page.


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      By enrolling on this course you consent that your name, email address and grades are made available in the course data reports to a third party course owner (non-Open University), who has signed a declaration confirming they comply with the General Data Protection Rules for data handling. Please see the Terms and Conditions of Use and Privacy Conditions for OpenLearn Create (in Help and Support) for further details about how your personal data is protected by The Open University and third party data controllers.

      Particular thanks and appreciation go to the J. Macdonald Menzies Trust, which provided the funding to enable the development of this learning programme and this course.


      Next course review: July 2022


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      Gain a digital badge

      By studying the course you will have the opportunity to gain a digital badge – you need to click on the ‘Enrol’ button to be able to do the quizzes and earn the badge.

    • This course is part of a collection

      This course is part of a collection

      This course is part of a collection of courses called UK Parkinson's Excellence Network. There are 4 courses in this collection so you may find other courses here that maybe of interest to you.

      See this collection

    • Course learning outcomes

      In this course, you learn about:

      • what Parkinson’s is: parkinsonism, diagnosis, progression and phases
      • the impact of both motor and non-motor symptoms
      • the impact of cognitive and communication problems
      • managing Parkinson’s, including the key issues in medicines management

      24 CPD points have been awarded by Parkinson's UK for participants of this education programme.

    • Course dates:

      First Published 11/04/2016.

      Updated 21/12/2022

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    • Olusegun Ilori Dada

      Understanding Parkinson’s for health and social care staff

      Olusegun Ilori Dada6 March 2024 12:09

      This course has made me a professional in the support care work for my Parkinson's patient. I learnt a lot, and this knowledge has opened my eyes to the most important part of the care and support that my client requires. Thank you for this great leap in my career!

    • Steven Williamson

      Steven Williamson2 February 2024 3:41

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    • Barbara Dougal

      Understanding Parkinson's for health and social care

      Barbara Dougal31 January 2024 11:08

      Very easy to follow and understand.
      Learned loads from this course.

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    About this course

    • 24 hours study
    • Level 1: Introductory
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