On September 11, the Davis Phinney Foundation presented a webinar entitled, “Psychiatric and Cognitive Complications in Parkinson’s,” with Dr. Daniel Weintraub, a psychiatrist at UPenn. Psychiatric complications such as delusions and hallucinations, and cognitive complications such as mild cognitive impairment and dementia, can impact a person with Parkinson’s quality of life. Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to the webinar and shared notes.
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The Bronte-Stewart Lab at Stanford University is seeking participants for the SPRING (Stanford Parkinson’s Research In Neuromodulation for Gait) Study. The SPRING Study aims to investigate the safety and feasibility of adaptive deep brain stimulation for impaired gait and freezing of gait in Parkinson’s disease with the goal of advancing the development of patient-specific DBS therapy to improve quality of life for people living with Parkinson’s disease.
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You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few days of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times listed are Pacific Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to those living with Parkinson’s in October 2019…
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Many caregivers cannot leave home due to caregiving responsibilities. You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few day of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times shown are Pacific Daylight Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to caregivers in October 2019…
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Many Northern and Central California Parkinson’s Disease (PD) support groups meetings have speakers or discussion programs planned in October 2019. See the list below of what else is happening near you…
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