Tag: Family

Increasing Patient Involvement

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What a busy couple of weeks! We traveled to Bellaire and Traverse City Michigan to visit relatives, spent two days at the Grand Challenges in Parkinson’s Disease Symposium held in Grand Rapids Michigan (more details below) and finished up with a trip to Bay City to visit with more relatives and friends. In the Bellaire area we celebrated Mara’s brother’s 70th birthday and in Traverse City we helped out her sister at her used book store, The Bookie Joint, in downtown Traverse City (shameless plug). In Grand Rapids we had dinner with Rob and Carol Jones whom we first met…

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Back Home Again…but not for long!

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First a word about the new “Resources for PD” tab above this (or any) post.  I have added a page with links to the major organizations that provide PD support.  Every one of them can provide a wealth of information for patients and caregivers and most provide both web based information or you can call their 800 number for assistance.  By no means is this a complete list and I plan to update the list as I find new sources but I hope it will be beneficial, whether you are newly diagnosed and looking for as much information as you…

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