Medical expert: encouragement and social cohesion are beneficial to Parkinson disease sufferers

Seniors housing has a long waiting list.

one in five people under the age of 50 years old are diagnosed with Young-onset Parkinson's Disease (YOPD) Source: Getty Images

One Australian is diagnosed with Parkinson’s every 40 minutes, one in five diagnosed with Parkinson’s is under 50 and 10% are diagnosed before the age of 40.



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