CurePSP hosted a day-long conference in mid-November. One of the topics covered was nutrition, including weight loss, dysphagia (swallowing problems), and healthy eating for us all. Much of the lecture notes are of interest to those dealing with Parkinson’s disease (PD), not just progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP). However, the short sections on frontotemporal dementia and impulsive eating do not apply to PD.
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Lots of Parkinson’s disease (PD)-related organizations host webinars on various aspects of PD — usually symptoms or treatments. Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach publishes monthly lists of these webinars and virtual meetings. Lots of people ask us about finding the archived recordings. Here’s a list of some PD organizations and recordings to their past webinars and virtual meetings. Also included is a list to their current virtual offerings.
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Register now for the next episode of Dr. Gilbert Hosts, facilitated by APDA’s Chief Scientific Officer, Dr. Rebecca Gilbert. On Wednesday, January 13, the special guest will be David Leventhal for a conversation about the intersection of dance and PD. Leventhal is a founding teacher for Dance for PD©, a program of the Mark Morris Dance Group.
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Back in October, the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) welcomed Dr. Holly Shill to host a webinar providing perspectives to help viewers map out a future living with PD. Holly Shill, MD is the director of the Muhammad Ali Parkinson Center and Movement Disorder Program at the Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, Arizona.
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On December 11th PMD Alliance hosted a webinar on Parkinson’s and Speech as part of the wHolistic series. In this very informative hour CCC-SLP, Nicole Herndon, spoke about why speech changes occur with PD as well as treatment options and strategies for both the speaker and listener to improve communication.
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