Parkinson’s disease and related dementias

Read George’s story about his symptoms and diagnosis of Parkinson's dementia, and how he’s managed to move forward despite a major set-back and time in hospital George, a retired veterinarian living in the Illawarra region of New South Wales, was diagnosed with Parkinson’s eight years ago. His early symptoms of Parkinson’s included slowness, lack of arm swing, very small handwriting, and difficulty contributing to and keeping apace with conversations. “About a year after my Parkinson’s diagnosis I lost the sight in one eye with a retinal arterial occlusion. Not long after that, I started to see unusual things like balloons, small pets and children, and others would tell me they weren’t actually there. The hallucinations did not bother me, though others became worried..."