Parkinson's Information Seminar - Southern Highlands NSW

Name: Parkinson's Information Seminar - Southern Highlands NSW
Start: 2023-10-17T09:30:00+1100
End: 2023-10-17T14:00:00+1100
Location: Mittagong RSL Club

Tue, 17 Oct 2023, 9:30am - 2pm AEDT

Mittagong RSL Club

mittagong, australia

Parkinson's NSW

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Tuesday 17 October 2023

Parkinson's Information Seminar - Southern Highlands NSW

Information seminars for the Parkinson's community offer updates and discussions by a wide range of professionals and experts in Parkinson's disease. These include neurologists, exercise physiologists, neurological nurses, counsellors, speech pathologists, exercise specialists, general practitioners, geriatricians, and many others.

Your guest speakers at the Southern Highlands seminar:

Dr Ben Jonker, Dr Joel Maamary, Dr Stephen Tisch - Neurosurgeon & Neurologists: Medications, Treatments and Research
Pamela Parker - Speech Pathologist: Benefits of Speech Therapy
Matthew Ott - Physiotherapist: Benefits of Exercise
Scott Foster - Movement Disorder Physiotherapist: Parkinson's Health Services
Kate Hufton - Pharmacist: Medications
Vivuem Luo - Counsellor: Benefits of a Counsellor

Our community information seminars are suitable for people living with Parkinson’s, their families and care givers, medical professionals, care workers and anyone wanting more information about Parkinson's disease.

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Parkinson’s NSW is a for purpose organisation providing essential services to people living with Parkinson’s, their families and carers. Services currently include an InfoLine staffed by Parkinson's specialist nurses, Neurological Nurses in the community, over 70 Support Groups, counselling, education seminars and we also fund research to find new treatments and ultimately a cure. Parkinson's is a progressive neurological condition which affects the brain's ability to control movement and may also be associated with other symptoms including mood, depression and anxiety. There is no cure. In Australia, every hour of every day someone is diagnosed with Parkinson's. Latest research suggest up to 212,000* (1 in 117) Australians are living with Parkinson's. Whilst the majority of people affected are over 60 at the time of diagnoses, 18% are of working age and 10% are under the age of 40. *Ayton, D., Ayton, S., Barker, AL., Bush, AI and Warren, N. (2018). Parkinson’s disease prevalence and the association with rurality and agricultural determinants. Parkinsonism & Related Disorders. October 2018.