Feb 28, 2024 | Caregiver Articles, General Interest
Shared from dailycaring.com. Stepping into someone’s reality isn’t the same as lying Honesty isn’t always the best policy when it comes to someone with Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. That’s because their brain may experience a different version of reality. Dementia...
Feb 28, 2024 | General Interest, Living with PD
Shared from parkinson.org. For many, it is embarrassing to bring up taboo topics with your doctor ― from sexual dysfunction to incontinence. However, when it comes to living with Parkinson’s disease (PD), sometimes these topics can be connected to the disease itself...
Feb 25, 2024 | Research Opportunities
Dr. Jiayun Xu is creating a tool to help you and your family members talk about future medical planning in Parkinson’s Disease. They are looking for a person with Parkinson’s and a family member who is/was caring for a family member with PD within the last...
Feb 23, 2024 | Caregiver Articles, Living with PD
First published in 2010, the Every Victory Counts® manual broke new ground as the only resource of its kind, devoted solely to the principle of proactive self-care and a holistic approach to managing Parkinson’s. In subsequent editions, it has gained international...
Feb 23, 2024 | Research Opportunities
Beckman Institute at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign has a new study called the “Speech Accessibility Project” to help speech recognition tools understand diverse voices. You can record your speech from home and earn up to $180/$90 for caregivers....