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iCare-PD Interviews: Nurse Darlene Gilderson
Nurses are an integral part of any healthcare experience. iCare-PD as a project believes in balancing all parts of care and involving every part of the care process. From researchers to medical staff, every aspect is important for integrated care. Recently I had the privilege to speak with Nurse Darlene Gilderson, a Canadian Nurse at…
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iCare-PD Interviews: Nurse John Inocentes
The iCare-PD project is a global project that encourages patient education worldwide. As such, the recruitment of many different forms of medical staff is crucial for our success. The training process for our project members is an integral part of welcoming them, as the missing gaps that many newly diagnosed Parkinson’s Disease patients have can…
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Sensing technologies for tailored Parkinson’s Disease monitoring: MooVeo & SpiroGym
We are currently conducting a multicenter-international study in five tertiary PD centers to test the three digital technologies developed by the iCARE-PD Consortium: MooVeo, SpiroGym and PDMonitor®. Two of these technologies are briefly presented below.
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The ethical and legal considerations associated with the use of technology-assisted care in the context of Parkinson’s Disease
Summary and Review: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Technology-Assisted Care in Neurodegenerative Disease Siobhan Rollo — Student in Digital Journalism at the University of Ottawa ~10 minute read Summary and Review: Ethical and Legal Aspects of Technology-Assisted Care in Neurodegenerative Disease Siobhan Rollo — Student in Digital Journalism at the University of Ottawa ~10 minute…
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eCARE-PD: A virtual coach to support self-care at home
eCARE-PD is web-based tools to support self-management practices by integrating tools for tracking symptoms and displaying resources and advice about Parkinson Disease. eCARE-PD is intended for any patient with Parkinson´s disease.
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A standard webcam laptop and artificial intelligence (AI) to evaluate motor symptoms at home.
In 2021, the iCARE-PD consortium published an article studying the use of webcams for remote Parkinson’s Disease assessment (bradykinesia). The authors propose a markerless video-based motion method to prove the concept that video-based objective classification of PD motor function based on bradykinesia is possible using a standard laptop webcam and an artificial intelligence algorithm. PDF…
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How can patients’ trajectories inform the co-design of an integrated care network for people living with Parkinson’s Disease?
The purpose of our research was to co-design a care delivery model that supports both social and medical care from the perspective of patients and care partners.
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The role playing by technologies in PD
Partners of iCARE-PD have started to develop various technologies using a novel, pragmatic, patient-centred approach from beginning to end of the development/evaluation process. A web-based platform called eCARE-PD has been co-designed to enable care integration and patient empowerment by providing tailored educational resources. Additional technologies such as wearable sensors, smartphone based-apps to monitor motor symptoms…