Every month, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach produces a list of caregiving-related webinars and virtual events. Most of the webinars listed are for a general audience and are free. Be sure to register in advance! Some of the events have registration deadlines.
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Every month, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach produces a list of Parkinson’s-related webinars and virtual meetings with speakers. Here’s our June 2021 list. Note that a few webinars have registration deadlines well in advance of the webinar dates.
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Dr. Rebecca Gilbert with the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) notes that small changes in your routine can have a big impact on quality of life in Parkinson’s Disease (PD). In this blog post, she shares tips from the PD community — those with PD and their care partners — on diet, nutrition, exercise, medication, and mental health.
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In mid-April, the Parkinson’s Foundation hosted neuropsychiatrist Dr. Gregory Pontone and Parkinson’s research advocate Lisa Cone to speak on mental well-being and memory. The speakers compared the different cognitive changes that occur during normal aging versus during Parkinson’s disease (PD). They discussed the impact medications may have on cognition, and how PD can affect memory over time.
… Full Story>“Let’s Keep Moving with APDA” is an occasional webinar series hosted by the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA). In the webinar on Thursday, May 22, 10am, the speakers will be a dance for PD instructor and an exercise physiologist. There will be time for audience questions.
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