Caregiver Resource Links - Parkinson’s

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1. American Parkinson’s Disease Associaton
   APDA is the country’s largest grassroots organization serving the 1.5 million Americans with Parkinson’s disease and their caregivers in three vital areas: research, patient and caregiver support, and education.
   
2. Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation
   The Bachmann-Strauss Dystonia & Parkinson Foundation, based in New York City, is a nonprofit organization. They encourage new research in the fields of dystonia and Parkinson's disease, and promote awareness about movement disorders.
   
3. CARE List
   A site with pages taken from the messages that are posted to the CARE List. These are people who are CareGivers, either directly or indirectly, of people who are living with Parkinson's.
   
4. Carepages (The)
   Free patient blogs that connect friends and family during a health challenge
   
5. Mayo Clinic Parkinson's Homepage
   Research, patient and caregiver information from the Mayo clinic.
   
6. Melvin Weinstein Parkinson's Foundation
   A not for profit organization that purchases equipment and supplies necessary to maintain a safe and healthy environment for Parkinson's Patients, who have financial and medical needs.
   
7. Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Disease Research
   The Michael J. Fox Foundation is dedicated to finding a cure for Parkinson's disease within the decade through an aggressively funded research agenda and to ensuring the development of improved therapies for those living with Parkinson's today.
   
8. Motivating Moves
   Motivating Moves is an approach to exercise that emphasizes coordination, balance, flexibility, postural alignment, diaphragmatic breathing, spatial awareness and dynamic movement range.
   
9. National Family Caregivers Association
   The National Family Caregivers Association educates, supports, empowers and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for loved ones with a chronic illness or disability or the frailties of old age. The site also provides contacts for support groups.
   
10. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke
    The mission of NINDS is to reduce the burden of neurological disease - a burden borne by every age group, by every segment of society. This is a federal agency that focuses primarily on conducting and funding research into neurological conditions, including Parkinson's.
    
11. National Parkinson Foundation
    Treatment information and news about Parkinson's for patients and caregivers.
    
12. Northwest Parkinson's Foundation
    The Northwest Parkinson's Foundation is a nonprofit organization established to improve quality of life for the Northwest Parkinson's disease community. We achieve our mission through programs of awareness, education, advocacy and care.
    
13. Parkinson's Disease Foundation
    
    
14. Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines Part 1-UMMC You Tube Video
    In this interview, Dr. William Weiner, chief of neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center where he directs the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, discusses Parkinson's symptoms, diagnosis, progression, and medications.
    
15. Parkinson’s Disease Guidelines Part 2-UMMC You Tube Video
    In this interview, Dr. William Weiner, chief of neurology at the University of Maryland Medical Center where he directs the Parkinson's Disease and Movement Disorders Center, discusses deep brain stimulation, therapies, exercise, emotional effects, depression and mental/cognitive changes.
    
16. PDtrials.org
    Information on Parkinson's disease clinical trials currently enrolling participants in the U.S. by symptom and location.
    
17. WE MOVE: Worldwide Education and Awareness for Movement Disorders
    WE MOVE has information on movement disorders for health care professionals, patients, and caregivers.
    
18. WebMD- Parkinson's
    From symptoms to treatments, find information to help cope with Parkinson's Disease.
    
19. Wellness Brief
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20. Young Onset Parkinson's Assocaition
    YOPA serves all young-onset Parkinson's patients by providing them with empathy, information, an affiliation with others like themselves and a connection with the young onset community. The site includes discussion lists, message board and Young Onset registry.