Meetings and Programs
Located in the San Francisco East Bay area of California, with chapters in Walnut Creek and Pleasanton
Upcoming Programs
Tri-Valley In-Person Support Groups – Saturday,
April 12
(CANCELLED)
10 - 10:30 am - Checkin and Conversation
10:30 am - 12 pm - Support Groups
Lynnewood United Methodist Church, Fellowship Hall
4444 Black Ave., Pleasanton, CA
Walnut Creek In-Person Support Groups –
Saturday, April 19
10 - 11:15 am - Support Groups
11:30 am - 12:30 pm - Speaker and Refreshments
Topic:
Tai Chi for Parkinson's
Speaker:
Otto Dittmer
Grace Presbyterian Church
2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek, CA
In-Person Support Groups
Walnut Creek – Third Saturday, 10 – 11:15 am
Women with Parkinson’s –
Cathy Hostetler, cathyhostetler@hotmail.com,
925-932-5285
Men with Parkinson’s –
Mitch Morrison, morrisonml@hotmail.com,
781-964-2345
Caregivers – Jan Browne, janbrowne3@gmail.com, 925-899-6685
Tri-Valley – Second Saturday, 10:30 am – 12 noon –
Contact: Mary Behrendt, trivalley@pnmd.net, 925-989-0209
Virtual Support Groups
Women with Parkinson’s – 1st Saturday, 10-11 am –
Contact:
Alexa Donahoe, alexaleedonahoe@gmail.com, 925-597-5099
Men with Parkinson’s – Contact:
-Team A – 1st Saturday, 10 – 11:30 am
Dennis Krauss, doctordsk7@gmail.com, 401-864-8438
-Team B – 1st Saturday, 10:30 am – Noon
Mark Ouyang, mark.ouyang@gmail.com, 925-200-1952
Phil Hornig, phornig221@gmail.com, 925-519-9258
-Team C – 2nd Tuesday, 2-3 pm
Rick Stevens, president@pnmd.net, 925-939-4210
Caregivers – 1st Friday, 1 – 2:15 pm – Contact:
Lorie McGuinness, loriemcguinness@gmail.com, 925-980-4011
Donna Campo, a.campo@comcast.net, 925-324-0998
Slides and Recordings of Previous Programs
Topic: "Reducing the Risk of Dementia"
Presenter: Saul Rosenberg, PhD
Preventing_Postponing _Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia .pdf
- Memory and Thinking Changes in Parkinson’s-Cleveland Clinic
- Unlocking Parkinson’s-60 Minutes
- Inner Workings of Neural Circuits-Stanford Alumni
- The Gut-Brain Axis and Nutrition in Parkinson’s – Cure Parkinson’s
- Vibration and Neuroplasticity
- Improvisation – Improving Well-Being
- What’s New in Parkinson’s Research
- Neuro Talk: Strategies for Managing PD Symptoms
- How to Manage the Bad Days in Parkinson’s
Topic: Stanford Health Care Programs and Resources
Presenters: Robin Riddle, Megan Rao, Yue Whelchel
Stanford Lunch and Learn Slides
- Exercise Recommendations for Parkinson’s
- The Healing Power of Music
- Major Research Breakthrough: A New Biomarker for Parkinson’s
- How to Manage Loneliness
- Yoga for Better Balance
- Cognitive Changes in PD
- Michael J Fox Interview
- Dopamine stem cell replacement therapies for PD
- What if we could reverse Parkinson's?
- PD GENEration: Mapping the future of PD
- What is urinary dysfunction?
- Scientists Develop Glove that Eliminates Tremor
- Un-syncing the Mind Can Help Parkinson’s Patients
- Neuroplasticity, Exercise, and Parkinson’s
- How to Walk to Avoid
Slides from April General Meeting – Aaron Daley:
Topic: Aging in Place
Speaker: Bryan Riddle
Slides from Lunch and Learn:
Aging In Place PD 5.1.23
Topic: Cognitive Changes in Parkinson’s
Speaker: Alexis Rosen, PhD
- Gait, Balance and Foot Concerns
- BEST way to prevent falls
- The MIND diet for PD
- Focused Ultrasound
Topic: DBS Roundtable
Speaker: Phil Hornig
- Living with Young-onset Parkinson’s
- YES, And..eXercise
- Addressing constipation in PD
- What’s the Latest on Parkinson’s Disease?
Topic: Understanding and Responding to Dementia-Related Behaviors in Parkinson’s and Alzheimer’s
Speaker: Rita Hargrave, MD
- What’s New in Parkinson’s
- Music as Medicine
- Parkinson’s Patients Fight Back
- Gifted: Invisible Disability
- Stages of Parkinson’s Disease
- The Parkinson’s You Don’t See: Cognitive and Non-Motor
- What It’s Like to Have Parkinson’s
- Cardio Strength
- PNMD Introduction
- Creating New Neurons to Reverse PD
- Emerging Therapies for PD
- Parkinson’s Exercise Essentials
- Geriatric Care Management
Topic: Improvisation and Story Telling in Parkinson’s Disease
Speaker: Robert Cochrane
- Managing Parkinson’s Motor Symptoms
- Pain and Parkinson’s
- Walk More Normally
- Helpful Hand Exercises
- Getting up from a Fall
- Everyday Hacks for Living with Parkinson’s
- How to take Levadopa
- Preventing Falls and Falling “Safely”
- Questions on emerging therapies for Parkinson’s
- Urinary disfunction in Parkinson’s
- Brain and body fitness
Topic: More Energy and Mental Clarity
Speaker: Dr. Kirsten Allott, Naturopathic Physician
- Emerging Therapies for Parkinson’s
- Stem Cells and Parkinson’s Disease
- Vibrating Gloves Could Counteract PD
- Light Therapy is promising treatment
- Focused ultrasound alternative to DBS
Topic: Adaptive Equipment for Activities of Daily Living and Safe Transfers
Speaker: June Kim Ryujin – Occupational Therapist
- Future of Parkinson’s Treatments
- Power of LSTV BIG exercise training
- Learning to Live with Parkinson’s
- Hacking Your Memory with Sleep
Topic: Speech and Language in Parkinson’s Disease
Speaker: Sarah Talach, M.S., CCC-SL
PCertified Speech Therapist
- How Exercise Moderates Parkinson’s
- Top Five Hand Exercises
- Practical Tips for Better Sleep
Topic: Hospice and Palliative Care
Speaker: Stephanie Marquet, MD
Hospice of the East Bay
- Rock Steady Boxing
- The MIND diet
- Tips for handling depression and anxiety
- Bio-medical treatments for PD
Topic: Everyday Resiliency for People Living with Parkinson’s and their Care Partners
Speaker: Judy Long, BCC
USCF MERI Center for Education in Palliative Care
- FLiving Well with Parkinson’s Disease
- Excellent exercise tutorial starting with how to do squats.
- Understanding Parkinson’s – overview by Nature magazine.
- Living into your 90’s - originally aired on 60 Minutes
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