Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania

This is exactly why we are hosting a FREE 10-week online series with speech language pathologist, John M. Dean, MA CCC-SLP that is dedicated to improving communication using exercises, games and activities as well as a few easily accessible technologies. Register Here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZEkcuGvpjwqH9J-P3e-8fqmzQy0MIcPU

Check out the NEW DATE for our upcoming webinar: Finding Meaning when Living with Parkinson's. This new date gives you a few extra days to sign up! Register here: https://pfwpa.salsalabs.org/findingmeaning/index.html

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Sign up for this wonderful FREE 10-week course today! Register here: https://us02web.zoom.us//tZEkcuGvpjwqH9J-P3e-8fqmzQy0MIcPU

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Links to sign up for both of these webinars are below: Intro to Voice, Speech, & Communication - Sign up here: https://pfwpa.salsalabs.org/voicewebinar Finding Meaning when Living with Parkinson's - Sign up here: https://pfwpa.salsalabs.org/findingmeaning

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Attention for those with PD and their loved ones, the Caregiver Family Coaching Program is open for new registrants. This is a free, 4-week program that is designed just for you. There is also a virtual meeting option. This program offers emotional/mental health coaching and therapy to those couples/families dealing with Parkinson’s Disease. The family centered approach includes the family care process, transitions of providing care, time/life management, and stress managemen...t/stress reduction. Care Counselors will bring individualized awareness to the family’s specific situation, tailor support around the demands of the disease, focus on existing strengths and help with empowerment, self-awareness, and emotional connection. This support is intended to help the family connect and deepen their relationship. Hope Grows Care Coaching Weekly Structure Week 1 (90 minutes): Family Care Process is the topic of the first week of the program. This session will include further information gathering through a caregiver assessment and care receiver assessment along with a discussion on naming the problem. Week 2 (60 minutes): Transitions of Providing Care is the topic of the second week of the program. This session will include working with the participants to further structure the care which includes the following: Problem Solving Approach Problem Orientation Problem Solving Strategies Week 3 (60 minutes): Time and Life Management is vital in managing the changes that occur during the progression of the symptoms of the disease. During the third week of the program, participants will address Learning, Managing, and Handling interpersonal challenges around the disease Week 4 (60 minutes): Stress Management/Stress Reduction are important skills for the couples so that they can build the necessary tools to take better care of themselves while providing/receiving care. There is no cost to the family and the weekly sessions can be conducted in person at home or in a virtual setting. All conversations of a personal nature are held in confidence. For additional information and a brief intake questionnaire, please contact Casey Kasperik at Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania (412) 837-1357

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Inspiring article about Parkinson's is here for you: https://www.brainandlife.org//journalists-bill-willie-ge/

4 out of 4 Parkinson Foundation Western Pennsylvania (PFWPA) pets agree that PFWPA has created the easiest, safest, and most meaningful gift this holiday season! Gift giving is challenging no matter what the year what will someone really love, what will really mean something to them, when and where will I give them the gift? Add 2020 on top of that? The stress of COVID when shopping and going to the post office to mail your gifts? And for many of us, we won’t be seeing ou...r families in person this year, to deliver gifts like we have in years past. PFWPA has the answer. - Make a donation of any size. - Take your pick of Happy Hanukkah, Merry Christmas, or Happy Holidays card. - Give us the name and address of your loved one. - We mail out the card that day (or at a later date if you request). - Breathe a sigh of relief that your holiday shopping is done, that you have given a gift that truly has meaning, and that your actions have made a real, tangible difference in the lives of people in Western Pennsylvania impacted by PD. Click here to make a donation now, and get all of your holiday shopping done: https://pfwpa.salsalabs.org/pfwpaholidaycards/index.html

This would make a great Christmas gift for a loved one with Parkinson's. In return, you get a great handwritten THANK YOU card! To register go to: https://pfwpa.salsalabs.org/combatingmicrographi/index.html