From: Choreographing life-experiences of balance control in people with Parkinson’s disease
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Yes it, from day to day. Yes, it can change, in one half-hour I may not be able to walk and then it changes back then again and then I can be as movable as ever before. | From day to day. One half-hour not able to walk and then back again and then be as movable as ever before. | Mobility changes from one moment to another. | Planning for fluctuating symptoms | Limitations in mobility | Increased planning—choreographing life |
Yes then you have to be a little, either grab a hold in the arm of my wife or take a hold of the cane or move myself sideways so that I pass by it. | Either grab a hold in the arm of my wife or the cane or move myself sideways pass by it. | Can’t walk over dangerous surfaces, avoids them or needs extra support. | Increased attention to navigate uneven terrain | ||
But it doesn’t affect that much. It affects me because I am less I am more limited, I cannot do, not be free as I was before. | Doesn’t affect that much. Affects me more limited, cannot be free as before. | Can no longer be spontaneous. | Restricted personal & social freedom | New restricted functioning in everyday life | |
Yes, what should I say … it’s okay. It is … yes, so here in the apartment then you can do almost everything except climbing up on any ladders and such, that I avoid because then you can fall and hurt yourself. | It’s okay. In the apartment you can do almost everything except climbing on any ladders and such, I avoid because you can fall and hurt yourself. | Can do all domestic chores in the apartment except walking up on ladders | Strategies to perform everyday tasks with less trepidation |