The particular needs of people with progressive long-term neurological conditions-including
Parkinson's Disease, Motor Neurone Disease (MND), Multiple Sclerosis (MS) and …

Long-term neurological conditions (LTNCs) comprise a diverse set of conditions resulting
from injury or disease of the nervous system that will affect an individual for life. Some 10 …

Despite studies that extol the value of multidisciplinary teamwork (Poulton and West, 1993;
Pearson and Spencer, 1995), there have been few examples of in-depth research that …

My 96-year-old aunt taught me so much about end-of-life care. As doctors dealing with long-
term neurological conditions, our relationships with patients over many years should enable …

Previously, the authors have used a multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach to individualize
rehabilitation of very old stroke patients as a means to establish intervention points for …

There is significant evidence that dedicated stroke units are effective. The recent findings of
the Stroke Unit Triallists Collaboration (1997), based on a meta-analysis of 19 trials, clearly …

Health care for multiple sclerosis has evolved over the past two decades from fragmented,
sporadic, and crisis-oriented interventions to an organized system of services. The …

The Neuro-care approach offers a holistic, multidisciplinary, patient-centred, continuous
strategy of care to unselected groups of neurological patients and their families including …

One of the hallmarks of rehabilitation medicine is its emphasis on a holistic management
approach to disability. This philosophy has evolved from the recognition of the important role …

Aim: Ensure a system where shared decision making (SDM) is integral to all decisions made
about the health and social care needs of patients affected by any of these conditions …