The Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson’s hosted neurologist Christopher Goetz, MD in a webinar about “Parkinson’s Disease Psychosis: The What, When, Why and How.” Though the webinar was back in August 2020, we at Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach listened to the webinar and are sharing our notes.
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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 hefty February 2021 list. Note that a few webinars have registration deadlines several days PRIOR to the webinar dates. Be sure to register in advance!
… Full Story>On November 12th the Davis Phinney Foundation hosted a webinar on Mental Wellness for Parkinson’s Care Partners. The speaker was social worker Elaine Book who touched briefly on several aspects of caregiver wellbeing with Davis Phinney Foundation moderator, Melanie Dizon. Topics broached included ambiguous loss, stress reduction tips to prevent caregiver burnout, communicating about changes brought about by Parkinson’s, self-care during COVID, and more.
… Full Story>Every month, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach produces a list of Parkinson’s-related webinars and virtual events. Here’s our December 2020 list of PD webinars and virtual events. Note that one webinar is in Spanish. There seems to be a minor slow-down in the pandemic-time webinar parade, perhaps since the holidays are upon us. Be sure to register in advance!
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The Parkinson Association of Northern California (PANC) hosted a day-long conference on Parkinson’s disease (PD). One of the talks was a fireside chat on living with Parkinson’s. The moderator was Suketu Khandhar, MD, movement disorder specialist at Kaiser Permanente. The keynote speaker was Soania Mathur, MD, who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s at 28 years old and has been living with Parkinson’s for 21 years.
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