The speaker at the next virtual Stanford Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (YOPD) support group meeting is Stanford movement disorders specialist Margaret Ferris, MD. On Tuesday, October 8 from 7-8:30pm PT Dr. Ferris will discuss cognitive changes and how to navigate the work/health balance.
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Join the staff of the Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach Program on Thursday, September 26 at 2pm (PT) for a virtual conversation with Barbara Sheklin Davis, author of “Advice from a Parkinson’s Wife: 20 Lessons Learned the Hard Way” (2019, 94 pages).
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The Parkinson Association of Northern California (PANC) is hosting its annual conference both in person and virtually this year. Featured speakers will be Sharon Krischer, founder of “Twitchy Woman”, and author Terri Pease, PhD. Several movement disorder specialists from Northern California will also be speaking and answering questions. Keep reading for all the details.
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This year, the FREE 14th Annual Caregivers Count Conference, hosted by Family Caregiver Alliance (FCA) will be held in four parts. The first three Saturday sessions on September 14, 21, and 28 will be virtual and the last session on Saturday, October 5, will be in person at Campbell Community Center, in Campbell, CA. Read on for event details and the registration link.
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This month the Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach Program hosted a lunch for former PD caregivers who attended our support groups. Those in attendance had lost their loved one from one week to four years ago.
We asked them to share their thoughts on a few questions to benefit current PD caregivers. Here are the questions we asked our lunch attendees and their wise advice: