How To Adapt Your Home for Parkinsonโs
This article aims to guide people through practical ways to adapt a home in order to make it a safe and accessible space for people with PD. Dr. Rebecca Gilbert provides insight and commentary.
Free course to educate healthcare workers about advanced disease
Article highlights APDAโs free online course that helps healthcare workers better understand advanced PD and how to best manage the challenges that come with caring for their patients with the disease.
How the immune system contributes to Parkinsonโs disease
Recent research has found that the bodyโs immune system may play a role in the development of PD. Dr. Rebecca Gilbert comments.
Ohio to create Parkinson’s registry to track increasing prevalence of disease
Ohio is set to join nearly a dozen other states in establishing a Parkinson's Disease registry, as local advocates point to a rise in the number of cases. APDA provides PD insight.
You are not Alone with Parkinsonโs
Rosa Peรฑa, APDAโs Vice President of Programs & Services was a special guest on the Aging Today podcast and spoke about her insights and perspectives a social worker, APDAโs efforts to reach underserved communities, and more.
A Closer Look at Parkinsonโs Disease
Dr. Rebecca Gilbert was the featured guest on this podcast and spoke about the symptoms of PD, her experiences with PD patients, and the need for APDAโs guide to intimacy for PD, ParkinSex.
Strength in Optimism, Hope in Progress
APDAโs president and CEO, Leslie A. Chambers joined the Aging Today podcast as a special guest and spoke about PD, how APDA can help people throughout the PD journey, and much more.
College of Medicine works to establish Parkinsonโs cure center
The Charles E. Schmidt College of Medicine at Florida Atlantic University (FAU) is working on a conceptual plan to create the Parkinsonโs Center of Excellence which will focus on creating a cure for Parkinsonโs disease by 2040. APDAโs Dr. Rebecca Gilbert comments about PD and PD research.
Yes, Great Sex Is Still Possible With Parkinson’s Disease
APDAโs Leslie A. Chambers and Dr. Rebecca Gilbert comment on the importance of intimacy for people with PD and APDAโs ParkinSex resource that can help people reconnect and rebuild intimacy.
Magnetic Pen Stabilizes Writing for Parkinsonโs Patients
Student entrepreneurs at Northwestern University invented a pen set that allows Parkinsonโs disease patients to write again despite the tremors of the disease. Dr. Gilbert comments on PDโs impact on writing and the unique nature of this product.