The two-day APDA Virtual Parkinson’s Conference: Educate, Empower, Engage will be geared towards people with Parkinson’s disease, their care partners and family members and will feature expert presentations, breakout sessions, panel discussions, and more. The program will run from 9am-12:40pm PT on February 15th, and from 9am-12:30pm PT on February 16th.
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On October 6 PMD Alliance hosted a webinar on Anxiety and Behavioral Disturbances in PD. The speaker, psychiatrist Greg Pontone, MD, explained the cause of anxiety in people with PD may be dysfunction of the autonomic nervous system, which controls your fight or flight response. If your fight or flight response overreacts to everyday stressors, no amount of anti-anxiety medication will help because it is not targeting the source of the problem.
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Telemedicine – visiting with your health care provider electronically, using a video conferencing service – was first widely used during the COVID-19 pandemic because people still needed to meet with their doctors but were advised to stay at home and limit in-person interactions. It turns out that PD is well-suited for telemedicine. But now that in-person appointments are available, when should you use virtual visits? This topic is addressed in an upcoming webinar hosted by the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA).
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From the American Parkinson Disease Association, Northwest Chapter (APDA NW), Tuesday, September 20:
This Thursday, September 22, the Parkinson’s community will come together for a National Day of Action to educate Congress about The National Plan to End Parkinson’s Act and encourage senators and representatives to sign their respective chamber’s bill as co-sponsor.
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Regardless of where you live in the country, these resources provide you with driving self-assessment methods, help you maximize safety on the road, and find transportation alternatives to driving. Our California Driving Resources page provides similar information specific to California.
Find information on how Parkinson’s affects driving, tips to help you discuss with a loved one that it may be time for them to stop driving, and how doctors assess a person’s ability to drive safety on our Driving and PD page.
