Psychosocial Care for Parkinson Patients and Care Partners

Susan C. Imke, R.N., M.S. is an advanced nurse practitioner holding dual certification in family health care and gerontology by the American Nurses Credentialing Center. She has over 20 years experience working as a clinician and educator in the field of movement disorders and neurology of aging. Ms. Imke is an educational consultant to the Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy and to the National Parkinson Foundation (NPF), serving on the faculty of the NPF Allied Team Training Program. She has authored numerous publications related to Parkinson's disease and family caregiving, and is widely acclaimed as a speaker to audiences of health professionals as well as patients and families. Contributing authors (not yet confirmed) may include Gladys Gonzales Ramos, Ph.D., Associate Professor in the Silver School of Social Work at New York University, Ruth Hagestuen, R.N., M.A., Field Services Director for the National Parkinson Foundation, Miami, FL., and a neuropsychologist with expertise in Parkinson's disease (Celia Bassich, Towson University, Baltimore, MD). It is proposed that the foreword will be written by Abraham N. Lieberman, MD, well-known movement disorders specialist, currently on staff at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ. The author anticipates additional endorsements by (not yet invited) Nurse researcher at the Veteran's Administration GRECC in Reno, NV Speech-language pathologist (Ph.D. therapist formerly with NIH), now on faculty at Towson University in Baltimore, MD Licensed counseling psychologist practicing and teaching in Denver, CO Executive Director of the Parkinson Disease Foundation, New York, NY