In November 2020, the Houston Area Parkinson Society (HAPS) hosted a day-long conference aiming to address the specific needs, challenges, and realities caregivers encounter every day. The first talk focused specifically on coping as a caregiver.  The presenter was Kathleen Crist, social worker and executive director of HAPS. She offered tips to prepare for caregiving, find success, and foster sustainability.  Kathleen discussed how to recognize unhealthy levels of stress and burnout.  Additionally, she addressed how to manage these feelings, both for the sake of your own health as well as the person you’re caring for.

Register now for the next episode of Dr. Gilbert Hosts, facilitated by APDA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Rebecca Gilbert.  On Wednesday, February 17, the special guest will be Kathleen Poston, MD, movement disorder specialist at Stanford, for a conversation about the cognitive effects of Parkinson’s Disease. 

The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) presented a three-part webinar series “Let’s Keep Moving with APDA” last summer 2020 on different aspects of balance.  The third in the series, “Evidence-based Treatment to Improve Balance,” featured Tamara DeAngelis, DPT, a physical therapist at Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation. She spoke about different balance treatments, and how they impact the different balance symptoms.  We at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to the webinar and are sharing our notes. 

The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s hosted neurologist Christopher Goetz, MD in a webinar about “Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis: The What, When, Why and How.”  Though the webinar was back in August 2020, we at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to the webinar and are sharing our notes.