Clinic helps restore movement and bring back quality of life
Nurse Navigator Ryan Gee and Glennis McAlpine. Glennis has just retired as the Senior Nurse Navigator at Maleny Movement Disorder Clinic and will be greatly missed by patients. Ryan will continue his work alongside Rachael Anderson.
Maleny Soldiers Memorial Hospital is helping to restore hope and quality of life for Parkinson’s Disease patients through its renowned Movement Disorder Clinic.
The multi-disciplinary clinic treats patients with complex movement problems, such as end stage Parkinson’s Disease, and determines a care plan based on individual’s needs. Ryan Gee said helping people get back to a more normal life was incredibly rewarding.
“As Parkinson’s is such a challenging disease, we strive in the Movement Disorder clinic to make an improvement to our patients symptoms, aiming to give them the best quality of life for the patients and their families,” he said.
The Maleny hospital is one of the few in Queensland equipped to care for people with Parkinson’s.
Parkinson’s Queensland CEO Miguel Diaz said health services like the Maleny clinic were essential.
“There is currently no cure for Parkinson’s so the continued support of Queenslanders will allow us to improve the levels of services, education and the information that is provided to anyone impacted by the diagnosis.”
Glass House MP Andrew Powell paid tribute to the Hospital during a visit to Maleny by Really Big Walk fundraisers Joe and Vince Kelly. “As Joe said, my father-in-law has Parkinson’s and it wasn’t until he got to the Movement Disorder Clinic here, that he really got it sorted and could understand how to treat it and how he could manage it for what will be the rest of his life,” said Mr Powell.
“So I hope you understand the impact you have on not only your patient’s lives, but on their families as well. And I can’t speak highly enough of everything Ryan Gee and the team here do.”