Many Northern and Central California Parkinson’s Disease (PD) support groups meetings have speakers or discussion programs planned in May 2019. See the list below of what is happening near you…
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Many caregivers cannot leave home due to caregiving responsibilities. You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few day of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times shown are Pacific Daylight Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to caregivers in May 2019…
You can participate in a web-based seminar — or webinar — from the privacy of your home. Join either live or view the archived version within a few days of the live webinar (in most cases). All webinars listed are free. All times listed are Pacific Time. Here are webinars that may be of interest to those living with Parkinson’s in May 2019…
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Today, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors declared April to be Parkinson’s Awareness Month. In April alone, nearly 5,000 people in the US will learn they have Parkinson’s. Robin Riddle with the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) Information & Referral Center at Stanford accepted the proclamation and spoke about the challenges of Parkinson’s Disease.
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In this recent blog post on the American Parkinson Disease Association (APDA) website, movement disorder specialist Dr. Rebecca Gilbert discusses the cognitive skills most frequently affected in PD — attention, working memory, executive function, memory, language, and visual reasoning. Of course changes in the cognitive skills concern those with PD, their family members, and friends.
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