Highlights: Lunch & Learn on "What You Need to Know about Sleep" this Wednesday; please RSVP for PSCKY Picnic; Wii equipment in lending library; please take exercise and neurological care surveys; pictures from "Let's Dance" and Henry County Support Group; Lexington Clinical Trial on Depression recruiting participants; Southeastern PD Conference taking registrations; signs of abuse/exploitation; benefits of massage for PD; new Tai Chi classes in area; virtual dementia tour; home safety tips; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Open House this Friday; Horseshoe Foundation of Floyd County awards PSCKY grant to expand services in Floyd County; Coach Strong event information; exercises for the person with PD; more on medication schedules from MyMedSchedule.com; "Let's Dance!" still taking registrants; news about the Medicare Part D "donut hole" rebate; Summer Adult Education classes at JCPS; World Elder Abuse awareness day and info; community events; PSCKY events.
Highlights: Thanks for making Denim & Diamonds a success; helpful form from PAN to track how PD impacts your ability to work; send in your Ask the Expert questions; support PSCKY and meet Coach Charlie Strong; tips for better bladder control; don't let a health problem take over your life; information about phases of clinical trials; Let's Dance starts new sessions this week; Emerging Therapies webcast on June 24th; men's health tips; new technology for swallowing problems; more tips for travel with PD; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Treatments for foot dystonia & gait training; Ask the Expert column taking questions; info about Denim & Diamonds; link to our e-news archive; condolences to the Gwinn family and to Jo Ann Clark; reducing toxins in your life--helpful tools; Let's Dance--new sessions starting; ExpertBriefing on Sleep Disorders & Fatigue; webcast on new therapies for PD; therapy services in Southern Indiana; private party with Coach Strong to support PSCKY; top tips for summer travel; billing mysteries explained; exercise tool on the internet; Tai Chi Health Recovery Program; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Thanks to volunteers; do you need a ride?; Walking Club meeting Tuesday; planning group for Walking Club meeting Thursday; info about May's Lunch & Learn; Denim & Diamonds celebration; last chance to take fitness survey; mark your calendars for PSCKY Picnic; MyMedSchedule; be part of Lose It, Louisville!; Expert Briefing on Sleep Disorders; tips when choosing a nursing home; study shows Exelon helps PD-related dementia; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Open house this week at PSCKY, volunteers needed; Denim & Diamonds 2010; GoodSearch contest; please take our survey on challenging physical activity; info on clinical trials; volunteers needed for long-term care ombudsman program; proposed utility rate hikes; protect yourself from fraud; info on environmental cancer risks; farmers' market info; reducing risk of Alzheimer's; PD & learning; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Work of outreach in the community; sharing info about PSCKY with friends & family; survey on providing challenging physical activities for people with PD; do you have concerns about local veterans' care; "Ask the Expert"; is PD a prion disorder; article on link between hearing loss and essential tremor; ways to save on dental care; comprehensive list of Louisville Farmers' Markets; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Send us your "Ask the Expert" questions; pictures of our staff at work; new "Every Victory Counts" program; opportunity to test TARC bus accessibility; new books in our lending library; "Ask the Expert" answers; "Live Your Life Well", DrugWatch and Medical News for You websites; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Last chance to RSVP for April Lunch & Learn; your thoughts on a proactive person with PD support group; humorous and moving PD gifts; Kentucky Rx Discount cards; buy or sell adaptive equipment through CAL; PD Expert Briefing notes; medication toss; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Walking & hiking club survey; Open House this Friday; RSVP for April 28th Lunch & Learn; register now for PD eHop medication workshop; pictures from "Let's Dance!"; Recipe for Strength contest; share your own recipes with us; PD Expert Briefing on Tuesday; expired medication toss; check out WebMD's PD Health Center and information about living wills online; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Three new programs launch--music & wellness at Norton Audubon; Even Bigger community practice with Frazier Rehab; walking/hiking club; Floyd County support group now a PSCKY affiliate; info on the movement disorders program at Frazier Rehab; info and pictures from the walking/hiking club; information about visual cues and movement problems; World Parkinson Congress video contest; 30 Days of Awareness on PSCKY's Facebook page; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: 30 Days of PD Awareness, including things you can do to help; PD Awareness proclamations; exercise & PD; Sit, Stroll or Stride Walking/Hiking Club; a vaccine to halt PD?; Parkinson's eHOP--come learn about meds; PSCKY awareness on Facebook; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: A beautiful poem by Mary Vise opens our celebration of Parkinson's Disease Awareness Month; condolences to Connor & Kaelin families; wheelchair accessible van for sale; more info on expanded veterans' benefits; PSCKY launches "Sit, Stroll or Stride Walking/Hiking Club"; useful devices--fall monitoring systems & e-neighbor; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Reflections from our executive director after her first year of service; five useful tools on our website; Sheryl Jedlinski offers "Top 10 Things I Hate about PD"; great articles about changing one's attitude from NWPF; "Even Bigger" practice group now registering participants; community event listings; PSCKY events
Highlights: Reminder about Denim & Diamonds kick off party; Vietnam vets with PD; condolences to the Swink and Senn families; more info about the LSVT Big group; participate in the PARS study; new in our lending library: "Delay the Disease" and KET show on PD; "Get Mom Moving" and "Medical News for You" websites; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Make a difference & get involved with Denim & Diamonds this year; free DVD on PD; reminder: talk to your elected representatives about the PD registry; call for volunteers from Fox Foundation; RSVP to March's Lunch & Learn; our wish list; Young Onset PD Conference online this weekend; new in our lending library; free PD newsletter; free classes for care partners; DBS group meeting this month; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: More info on trekking poles/walking sticks; new "Ask the Doctor" column now taking questions; Oldham County group now forming!; update on Neupro; Physical Therapists for PD Blog; Super Yoga for the Brain; informed consent & clinical trials; DBS group meets this month; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: PAN Forum, including action item!; info on Professional Advisory Board; new "Ask the Doctor" column now taking questions; Lee Grimm--person with PD walking across US; get your free subscription to "Neurology Now"; sharing your ideas about new ways PSCKY can help you; Liberty product for men's bladder control; "GoodSearch" and help PSCKY; community events; PSCKY events
Highlights: Results of our "Neurological Care" survey; condolences to our friend Ed Yeater; reminder about our weather closing policies; new group for care partners of people with PD & dementia forming now; home repair program taking applications; St. Matthews UMC care giver Tea; reminder of PD ExpertBriefing; info about prevalence of PD; great article on mood & PD; events in our community; PSCKY events for this week
Highlights: Preview of February Lunch & Learn; introducing new staff member Adina Cook; thank you to Congressman Yarmuth for support of PSCKY; send us your best idea & win a medication timer; ride & volunteers needed; news article in Shelby Life Magazine; PD ExpertBriefing on Nutrition; events in our community & at PSCKY
Highlights: First results from our neurological care survey; remembering Fletcher Elmore and Dan O'Brien; new Henry County group (with link to news article); other new groups and new affiliates; information about finding respite care; call for Neuro Film Festival entries; new book in our lending library; medication dispensers for PD; study on benefits of exercise for PD; community events and this week's PSCKY events.
Highlights: Please take our neurological care survey; info about support groups; remembering Anna Marie Barnett, Hugh Elgin and Keith Downs; don't forget "Freebie February" Chair Yoga; info on medical ID bracelets; info about dopamine agonist withdrawal, oral health and strokes; new MOVE IT or LOSE IT group taking registrations; community events; this week's events.
Highlights: Celebrating the six month anniversary of our e-news; condolences to the Hatfield and Cressman families; last chance to RSVP for talk by Dr. Montgomery; new cookbooks help with difficulty swallowing; website helps with how-to guides; new movement & mobility program started in partnership with Norton Audubon Hospital; reminder about men's group; aqua aerobics classes in partnership with the MS Center; community happenings and more!
Highlights: Thoughts on uncertainty; Dr. Erwin Montgomery speaking on 1/25/10; new DVD in library "Conscious Living/Conscious Dying"; RSVP for dance support group; PSCKY partnering with PDtrials; correction to printed calendar for January; CoQ10 study at Movement Disorders Clinic; community announcements
Highlights: Redesigned PSCKY website launches; men's group now forming; dance therapy group starting in February; visit NWPF's Wellness Center; "Clean 15; Dirty Dozen" and other info on reducing pesticides in diet
Highlights: Making it through tough times; updated exercise info; free tax aid; profile of Lynn Harrelson; info on stereotactic radiosurgery and the hormone ghrelin
Highlights: New exercise class added for Shelbyville; make a year-end gift to support PSCKY; Information on talking to your employer about Parkinson's disease
Highlights: Adjusting diet to manage symptoms; New group forming for men under 60; Reflection by Jane Thibault on using personal pain to create loving energy for others; Tai Chi or Qigong for PD
Highlights: Announcing local study on CoQ10; 911 medical ID data card; PSCKY weather/closings policy; Make a panel for global PD quilt; Tools you can use: YakTrax and NextStep Cane
Highlights: Chair yoga in December; New book in our lending library for care partners; Discovery of protein that may be killing dopamine-producing brain cells; Design the 2010 PD t-shirt; Tips on navigating the benefits system
Highlights: Help PSCKY by visiting Mega Cavern in December; List of online resources for specialized PD clothing with tips for dressing; Save your inkjet & toner cartridges for PSCKY; Tips for traveling with PD; Presentations from 2009 HOPE Conference now online; Information about bone density and PD; Recipe for turkey soup
Highlights: Lonnie Ali's 10 tips for care partners; Alternate therapies: share yours and read one person's experience with Shaklee products; Information about gene that may influence onset age of PD; Information about natural antioxidant that may slow progression of PD in early stages;
Highlights: Parkinson's Unity Quilt visits Kentucky; Medicare Part D enrollment, including assistance from PSCKY for people with PD; Agent Orange & PD; Profile of PD activist Jean Burns; KET programs on Alzheimer's airing
Highlights: Area person with PD Karen deGraaf graduates from PDF's Clinical Research Learning Institute; Declaration of Independence for people with PD; Young Onset PD Conference presentations now online
Highlights: Suggestions for mental exercise from David Autin; PSCKY now on Facebook; Information from Young-Onset PD Conference on dopamine agonists and dyskinesias
Highlights: Request for your stories for our new website; information about Agent Orange & PD, with new benefits for veterans of Vietnam; Info about danger to people with PD driving at dusk and in fog with reminder of at-home driving test available through lending library; Information about Caregiver University Online
Highlights: Information about free "Rainbow Series" of PD info books; Information about medication timers and tips for medication management; Reminder about services at Community Fitness & Wellness Facility at Frazier Rehab
Highlights: New "Ask the Doctor" book in our lending library; Information about dysphagia--difficulty swallowing--and what to do; Cool Tool: dysphagia cup; Info on heating assistance
Highlights: Remembering Judy Spencer; Info about online chat and discussion groups for PD; Survey about PSCKY telephone support groups; Info on clinical trials for PD; Tips for overcoming slow eating and swallowing; Info about home care benefits for veterans & surviving spouses; Welcoming Katherine Autin to our staff
Highlights: Lemonade stand for PD awareness; On-line lecture by physical therapist Kevin Lockette; How many people are living with PD?; Silly emoticons
Highlights: LSVT Loud Homework Helper in lending library; Two no-cost ways to support PSCKY; Expert Briefing on PD series; Finding ways to cope/adjusting to diagnosis; A fond farewell to Michele Hundley
Highlights: Please share your story with us for new website; Information about tandem bikes and the Theracycle; How to make your home PD friendly; Doctor's visit checklists and other useful forms; Emergency info wallet cards available from PSCKY
Highlights: Ways you can help PSCKY help others; Information on LSVT Loud and Big; More news about PD & Pesticides; Information about Patients Like Me; Info about person with PD treated with his own stem cells; Causes of weight loss in PD; Info on Census related scams
Highlights: Info about PD and Pesticides; Info on seasonal flu shots; Learn online or by phone with PD Expert Briefing series; Information about herbal and alternative treatments; Info on senior-specific health issues
Highlights: Advice from a young-onset person with PD about staying positive & upbeat; Info about Health Care Reform; Book recommendation "Beyond the Zonules of Zinn"
Highlights: Information about walking poles; Inspiring story of one woman's walk to raise awareness about movement disorders; Information about CoQ10; Information about website PD Plan 4 Life
Highlights: Minimizing exposure to pesticides--the "Clean Fifteen & Dirty Dozen" shopping guide, list of local places to buy organic produce; Info about LSVT Big therapy in Louisville; PD "Tip Jar"; Link to Critical Care document for people with PD to share with hospital or care staff
