Home-based exercise rehabilitation experience for older adult patients with Parkinson’s disease and caregivers: a qualitative research

Systemic multidimensional bottlenecks, specifically a critical knowledge-practice gap among patients and a stark lack of support for aging caregivers, hinder home-based exercise rehabilitation for older adults with PD in northwest China. To address these context-specific barriers, healthcare systems should develop an integrated "hospital-community-family" care model that provides continuous professional guidance and robust social support, ultimately aiming at improving rehabilitation efficacy and quality of life.