At the start of 2020, an 82 year-old man we’ll call Walter was using many of the strategies that we have been discussing throughout this series Reducing Falls For Older Adults — staying active, managing his chronic conditions, and exercising to improve his balance.
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On January 19th the Davis Phinney Foundation hosted a webinar on Speech, Voice, and Parkinson’s. Mel Dizon, with the Davis Phinney Foundation, did a question & answer hour with speech-language pathologist (SLP), John Dean. The focus was on the concrete ways a speech therapist or SLP can help those with PD and the kinds of exercises a good SLP will do with someone who has PD.
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In August 2020, the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) hosted Teresa Baker, PT, DPT for a webinar called “Let’s Keep Moving with APDA: Assessing Balance with a Physical Therapist.” Teresa is a physical therapist from Boston University’s Center for Neurorehabilitation. (This is the APDA’s National Rehab Resource Center.) We at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to the webinar and are sharing our notes.
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The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Connecticut Chapter hosted a webinar in early January 2021 on new medications and therapies for Parkinson’s disease (PD). The speaker was Lean Meytin, MD, Movement Disorder Specialist at Hartford Healthcare in Hartford, CT. He discussed the current treatment landscape for PD, including newly approved medications, and answered audience questions.
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A biomarker is a measurable characteristic in the body that indicates that a particular disease is present. So, for Parkinson’s Disease (PD), this would be proof that someone has PD. Right now, the only way to confirm if someone has had PD is through brain donation. The American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) recently published a list of great resources on PD biomarkers.
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