Elena Call, MD, a movement disorder fellow at Stanford, will be talking about currently available Parkinson’s medications and what’s in the pipeline at the Palo Alto Young Onset Parkinson’s Support Group meeting on Tuesday, March 14th, 6:30-8pm. The meeting is held in the Boardroom at the Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital. This event is free and open to those diagnosed with PD by age 50 or younger, and their family members. An RSVP 24 hours in advance is required to the group leader, Martha Gardner.
Tune in for this special rebroadcast of Capturing Grace, David Iverson’s acclaimed, award-winning documentary film, which follows a group of people with Parkinson’s. Capturing Grace will be rebroadcast on KQED TV on Saturday, April 1 at 6 p.m. The film will also air on WORLD on April 2 at 11 p.m. and on KQED PLUS on April 3 at 3 p.m.
“I recommend surrounding yourself with a network of people dealing with the same problem,” says Nancy Mulhearn of Asbury, NJ, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2006 at age 44. That’s what she did after years of denying the disease and hiding her symptoms. “I didn’t want to be pitied or stared at, and I didn’t want the world to change for me and my condition,” she explains…. 
Older adults who live alone should consider using services and strategies that will help them stay independent longer. To stay safe, older adults should consider…