I’m excited about our meeting this month. Speech Language Pathologist, LSVT/LOUD Certified Clinician, and Certified Vocal Yoga Instructor Melanie Dorn will be demonstrating Vocal Yoga and educating us in ways to care for our voices. Date: Wednesday, December 2 Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm via Zoom Speaker: Melanie Dorn Topic: Breathing & Neck Rigidity + […]
November 3 Meeting Announcement: Vestibular Balance and Dizziness
Look forward to seeing everyone via Zoom at our next meeting. Zoom link will be sent out the day before the meeting. Please plan to log on 10-15 minutes early from a private area of your home to preserve the group’s confidentiality. About our Guest Speaker: Yuliya Jackson, PT, DPT, is a Board-Certified Clinical Specialist […]
October Meeting Notes and Speaker-provided Resources
Dr. Hilary Goetz, a neuropsychologist with Inova, visited with us via Zoom on October 7. As part of her work at Inova, she does cognitive testing for people with Parkinson’s prior to DBS surgery. The focus of her discussion was managing mental health in Parkinson’s, including stress, anxiety, and depression. Resource links were provided by […]
Keeping a Sense of Self with a Chronic Disease
Our guest speaker for our next meeting on Wednesday October 7 will be Dr. Hilary Goetz, Psy.D. She will begin promptly at 1.00 p.m., so please plan to sign on 10 – 15 minutes earlier. She will talk about Managing Mental Health in Parkinson’s Disease, including anxiety and stress, followed by a question and answer […]
September Meeting Notes and Helpful Resources
Lots of sharing and discussions at our September 9th meeting. Lots of familiar faces and some new ones. Lots of introspection on how Covid-19 and social isolation have affected our lives overall and with the additional challenges of having Parkinson’s. Many of us are pretty much housebound, relying on delivery services or helpful family members […]
September Meeting–Change of Topic
One thing we learn with Parkinson’s is how to deal with things that are beyond our control. We assess, we adjust, we adapt to each situation as it’s thrown our way. So when the scheduled support group guest speaker sends an email twenty hours before the meeting is about to begin that she’s very sorry […]
Interesting Websites and Speaker Offerings
Life has certainly changed since we rescheduled our in-person April meeting last spring and met virtually instead. I was unfamiliar with the term social distancing and who had ever heard of Zoom? Now I am grateful everyday for its ability to keep us all in touch with family and friends, and allow our group to […]
News and September 9 Meeting Announcement
Hope everyone has had a good summer and continues to be safe and well. It appears that physical distancing will be with us until at least the end of 2020, if not longer. Thankfully there are many online classes and offerings to keep us moving and socializing. PFNCA offers a wide range of activities: exercise, […]
June 3 ~ Zoom Meeting Announcement
June has traditionally been a social meeting. In years past, we’ve either gone out for lunch or shared a potluck meal or ordered in. This year was to have been a few hours of hair and make-up tips and being pampered, including a chair massage. Not looking back at what ‘could have been‘ as much […]
May Meeting Notes — Zoom Visit with Dr. Rogers
We welcomed Dr. Sean Rogers, Neurologist and Co-Director of the Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center, to our Zoom meeting on May 6. Sonia Gow, their outreach coordinator, attended our meeting as well. Dr. Rogers, who co-directs the center, informed us that they have opened a new Fairfax office, their Alexandria office is closed for […]