Australian Journal of General Practice
Formerly Australian Family Physician (AFP)
BMed/MD (Dist), BSc (Med) Hons, Movement Disorder Fellow, Movement Disorder Unit, Department of Neurology, Westmead Hospital, Westmead, NSW
Late-stage Parkinson’s disease is a syndrome of frequent falls, cognitive impairment, visual hallucinations and need for residential care.
In late-stage Parkinson’s disease there is a shift to increasing disability from non-motor symptoms unresponsive to levodopa.