Women With Parkinson's Disease

Our guest speaker this month is Speech Language Pathologist, Jill Fitzgerald. She will discuss the importance of therapeutic intervention and techniques to maintain strong voicing and swallow function, educating us on the anatomy of both voicing and swallowing, and the bodily mechanics involved. She will also address cognitive issues and how they can affect voicing and swallow function.  Date: Wednesday, March […]

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No matter where we are or how long we’ve been on our Parkinson’s journey, we have all encountered loss, adjusted to change, and adapted to the challenges of living with Parkinson’s. In the spirit of friendship and support, during our February 2nd meeting, we each shared something we’ve lost, something we’ve gained, and something that […]

February heralds in Groundhog Day as well as our monthly meeting. This year, they both fall on the same day–the first Wednesday of the month. Let’s hope that legendary groundhog, Punxsutawney Phil, awakens to a cloudy morning and can’t find his shadow. I know I’m looking for an early spring and warmer weather to come […]

Hope everyone is enjoying a safe, healthy, and joyous holiday season. I suspect I am not the only one whose plans were derailed by Covid and the fast-spreading Omicron variant. Dinner for thirteen became dinner for four when one of our invited guests tested positive the day before, keeping him and everyone he’d been around […]

Our December guest speaker was Physical Therapist, Joy McLaughlin. She has over 34 years of experience working in acute care hospitals, inpatient rehabilitation, home care and for the last 12 years, outpatient neurological rehabilitation at Inova Fair Oaks Hospital. In her talk, she covered the basics of WHO, WHAT, WHERE, WHY, WHEN and HOW about PT […]

Hope everyone had an enjoyable Thanksgiving. It’s hard to believe December will be here in a few days, as will the date of our December meeting. MEETING DETAILS: Date:  Wednesday December 1 Time:  1:00-2:30 pm Guest Speaker:  Joy McLaughlin, Physical Therapist Topic:  Physical Therapy: Its Relevance to Parkinson’s Disease ** For Meeting Attendance—everyone meeting in-person […]

Dr. Drew Falconer, who has directed the Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorder Center (IPMDC) for the six years it has been in existence, and Dr. David Whitney, who joined the Center two years ago, were our guest speakers. Both are board-certified neurologists and fellowship-trained movement disorder specialists. Dr. Falconer echoed our theme of back-to-basics, sharing […]

Looking forward to seeing everyone at our November meeting. Date: Wednesday November 3 Time: 1:00-3:00 pm Guest Speakers: Dr. Drew Falconer and Dr. David Whitney, Inova Parkinson’s and Movement Disorders Center Topic: Movement, Motivation, Medication, and More. Living Our Best With Parkinson’s–Back to Basics For Meeting Attendance—everyone meeting in-person shall be MASKED throughout the meeting, FULLY VACCINATED, and not attend […]

Teresa Jackson was our guest speaker at our October 6th meeting. She shared with us that she’d been diagnosed with Parkinson’s in 2019, when she was 55 years old. She discovered that aside from the diagnosis, she received very little other information. She’s incorporated her 35+ years of experience working in the medical field and […]