Abstract
A questionnaire, sent via mail, was conducted for home-care patients with Parkinsonʼs disease regarding their symptoms and chief complaints in daily living as well as utilization of nursing care insurance and implementation status of therapeutic exercise. Among their chief complaints, “slow movement”and “difficulty in quick movement”had higher response rate. The chi-square test was performed based on the presence of certification of long-term care need. The test results showed significant difference in “loss of muscle strength”and “difficulty in quick movement”and the response rate was higher among those with certification of long-term care need. In this survey, certification rate of long-term care need was 75.8% while utilization rate of nursing care insurance was 67.0%. 51.6% of patients have had no therapeutic exercise at health-care facilities. 37.4% of patients have had no therapeutic exercise even outside health-care facilities. Lowering of physical function due to disuse because of lack of opportunities for therapeutic exercise as well as overuse or misuse due to exercise in their own ways are matter of deep concern.
