As a former* technology journalist with Parkinson’s I get told about lots of gadgets designed to help people dealing with the neurological disease - and I have tried quite a few of them.
A positive start by the Parkinson’s Trust UK, but it is a shame that reviews from the panel will pop up at a later date!!
A lot of individuals (and their families) who have neurological issues such as Parkinson’s are extremely vulnerable to being offered “wonder gadgets, etc” and are often confronted by slick marketing, sales people chasing their next commission etc, etc.
As the medical professionals still chase a means of delaying onset, reducing symptoms and hopefully some form of
I have found your assessments (of helpful technology) and your reviews being extremely helpful and honest.
There might be an opportunity for you to show pwp how easy it is to use smart services for relatively low money which will help them. I've got lots of Google & connected devices from my dishwasher to tv to stereo to lights which I can control &\or from my phone or are automated so there are fewer things to think about. Pwp tend to be older than my 57 year old self & much is a surprise to them in what is available, how easy it is to use & how cheap,but people younger than I often don't know either
A positive start by the Parkinson’s Trust UK, but it is a shame that reviews from the panel will pop up at a later date!!
A lot of individuals (and their families) who have neurological issues such as Parkinson’s are extremely vulnerable to being offered “wonder gadgets, etc” and are often confronted by slick marketing, sales people chasing their next commission etc, etc.
As the medical professionals still chase a means of delaying onset, reducing symptoms and hopefully some form of
I have found your assessments (of helpful technology) and your reviews being extremely helpful and honest.
There might be an opportunity for you to show pwp how easy it is to use smart services for relatively low money which will help them. I've got lots of Google & connected devices from my dishwasher to tv to stereo to lights which I can control &\or from my phone or are automated so there are fewer things to think about. Pwp tend to be older than my 57 year old self & much is a surprise to them in what is available, how easy it is to use & how cheap,but people younger than I often don't know either
Aargh, smart devices not smart services. This tech head can't get used to autocorrect