Every month, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach produces a list of Parkinson’s-related webinars and virtual meetings with speakers. Here’s our August 2022 list.
What’s the difference between a webinar and a virtual meeting? A “webinar” has a handful of speakers at most, and attendees have both audio and video muted. A “virtual meeting” usually allows attendees to be seen and heard.
We recommend you register NOW for anything of interest. That way, if there’s a recording, as a registrant you’ll receive an email alerting you to the recording availability. Also, note that a few webinars have registration deadlines well in advance of the webinar dates.
Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach will try to attend as many of these events as possible and share our notes. Our notes about PD webinars are often posted here to our blog. We email our notes to the “Stanford PD Info” and “PD Caregivers” email lists, depending on the relevance to those audiences.
We publish to our blog an additional caregiver-specific webinar and virtual event list, which is sent to those on our “PD Caregivers” list. That list includes some events not included here since those events are for caregivers only.
If you are a caregiver to someone with PD, we encourage you to be added to our “PD Caregivers” email list.
Unless indicated, the webinar and virtual meetings listed below are:
- Times listed as PT. (We are based in California, after all.)
- One-hour in duration. We suggest you join five minutes before the official start-time. (Usually, the speaker talks for 30-40 minutes and there’s a question-and-answer session for the remaining time.)
- For a general audience. (Again, caregiver-specific events are on our other list.)
- Not focused on a single medication or single, branded treatment. (Those are excluded.)
- Free.
After that long preamble, here’s our list of PD-related webinars and virtual meetings in August 2022…
– Denise
Monday, August 8, 10am
Hospice and Palliative Care
Description:
Learn what the difference is between hospice and palliative care. How does early admission into hospice care benefit both the patient and the family? What are the signs of end of life? Learn about admission, services and resources that are available when a patient is in hospice care.
Speaker: Lisa Higgason, Three Oaks Hospice
Host: Wellmed Caregiver Teleconnection
The webinar will be recorded and posted to the Caregiver Teleconnection website. Use the search box or click on “<<Previous Events” to find archived webinars and teleconferences.
Thursday, August 11, 8am
How Music Can Help People with Dementia
Description:
The session of “Dear Lucy” will illustrate from research findings that brain scans have shown that the part of our brain that processes music does not get damaged in dementia. Caregivers will receive tips on how to engage with their loved ones who suffer from dementia through music.
Speaker: Lucy Barylak, MSW
Host: Wellmed Caregiver Teleconnection
The webinar will be recorded and posted to the Caregiver Teleconnection website. Use the search box or click on “<<Previous Events” to find archived webinars and teleconferences.
Wednesday, August 17, 10am
Asking for Support and Building Your Extended Care Team [for PD]
Description:
People living with Parkinson’s disease and their care partners who are unsure of how to engage their families or friends learn how to build your informal or extended care team.
Speaker: Elaine Book, MSW, RSW
Host: Parkinson’s Foundation (PF)
This webinar will be posted on PF’s Past Wellness Wednesdays webpage
Thursday, August 25, 11am
High Conflict Relationships and Its Impact on You as a Caregiver
Description:
Sometimes, caregiving relationships devolve into “Power and Control” by one person or the other. When any relationship becomes imbalanced, one or both people can feel like they are losing control. The result can be anger or resentment. We will talk about toxic caregiving habits that negatively affect caregiver and care receiver relationships from a shared perspective.
Speaker: James Huysman, PsyD, LCSW
Host: Wellmed Caregiver Teleconnection
The webinar will be recorded and posted to the Caregiver Teleconnection website. Use the search box or click on “<<Previous Events” to find archived webinars and teleconferences.
Tuesday, August 30, 11am
Dementia and the Hidden Patient [aka, the caregiver]
Description:
Oftentimes caregivers live in the shadows of their loved ones with different forms of dementia. The speaker will discuss why it is important to take care of yourself without feeling guilty, so you are not the hidden patient.
Speaker: Natalee Oliver, DSW
Host: Wellmed Caregiver Teleconnection
The webinar will be recorded and posted to the Caregiver Teleconnection website. Use the search box or click on “<<Previous Events” to find archived webinars and teleconferences.