Description:
This presentation will allow participants to better understand the end-of-life needs of Atypical Parkinson's patients and their families. The speaker describes the symptoms that differentiate these diseases among themselves and from Parkinson's and Alzheimer's. Affirmations, personal stories and group discussion to brainstorm solutions to difficult issues facing these patients and the hospice and palliative care staff who care for these patients are used.

Objectives:

• List and define unique symptoms for the atypical Parkinson's diseases of Progressive Supranuclear Palsy (PSP), Corticobasal Degeneration (CBD), and Multiple Symptom Atrophy (MSA).
• Describe difficult end-of-life issues facing patients and families dealing with atypical Parkinson's diseases.
• Outline solutions for dealing with each of these issues.

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