The Stanford APDA Information and Referral Center and Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach will launch a virtual Parkinson’s disease (PD) support group for the Spanish-speaking community in August 2023. Meetings are open to anyone in the North and Central California, not just Stanford families. This group is available to people with Parkinson’s disease and their families.
… Full Story>Every month, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach produces a list of Parkinson’s-related webinars and virtual meetings with speakers. Here’s our January 2023 list.
Casey Halpern, MD, functional neurosurgeon, Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery and, by courtesy, of Neurology and of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, at the Stanford University Medical Center, will present “Deep Brain Stimulation Update for Parkinson’s Disease” at the Fresno Virtual Support Group Meeting on Wednesday, October 21, from 1:00-2:00pm. The meeting will be presented via video. No registration required.
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As part of the San Jose Parkinson’s virtual support group meeting on Friday, October 2, Stanford Movement Disorders Center director Helen Bronte-Stewart, MD, will speak on “Entering the Era of Closed Loop DBS for Parkinson’s Disease.” Then a panel of those with have had DBS will share their experiences. The meeting will be presented via video. No registration required.
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Caregivers need to have their own support group meetings or gatherings because they need to vent, share, learn tips and resources, and receive support from others walking the same path. Ideally, a caregiver to someone with Parkinson’s Disease can attend a PD-specific caregiver support group. Or someone dealing with Lewy Body Dementia can attend an LBD-specific caregiver support group. And so on. With the pandemic, many support groups have moved to meet virtually while others have gone on hiatus until in-person meetings can occur once again. Here’s our list of the status of PD and atypical parkinsonism caregiver-only support group meetings in the SF Bay Area, other parts of Northern California, and Central California.
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