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10/16/2012

10th Anniversary of the National Private Duty Association

10th Anniversary of the National Private Duty Association

10/16/12

10th Anniversary of the National Private Duty Association

10th Anniversary of the National Private Duty Association

10/06/2011

YouTube Videos Can Inaccurately Depict Parkinson's Disease And Other Movement Disorders

Looking online for medical information? Viewers beware, doctors caution. After reviewing the most frequently watched YouTube videos about movement disorders, a group of neurologists found that the people in the videos often do not have a movement disorder. As described in a Letter to the Editor in this week's New England Journal of Medicine, such medical misinformation may confuse patients suffering from devastating neurological disorders and seeking health information and advice online.

10/06/2011

Falls May Indicate Earliest Stages of Alzheimer's and Need for Further Evaluation

PARIS, July 17, 2011 - Falls are more common among individuals with the earliest signs of Alzheimer's, according to a study presented at the Alzheimer's Association International Conference 2011 (AAIC 2011). The study measured the rate of falls among cognitively healthy older adults with and without preclinical Alzheimer's - as measured by amyloid imaging using positron emission tomography (PET) with Pittsburgh compound B (PiB) - and found twice the risk of falls for people with higher levels of PiB on their scan.

08/23/2012

Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson Research - Information about PD, research, and related news and events.

Information about PD, research, and related news and events.

08/13/2012

Selecting a Care Manager - National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers

Looking for a geriatric care manager? We have made it easy to locate a geriatric care manager near you with our Find a Care Manager Search feature. The search button is located throughout the website for easy access to the search feature. The National Association of Professional Geriatric Care Managers (NAPGCM) is an organization of practitioners whose goal is the advancement of expert assistance to the elderly and their families. NAPGCM is committed to maximizing the independence and autonomy of elders and strives to ensure the highest quality and most cost-effective health and human services. Through education, advocacy, counseling, and service delivery, NAPGCM members assist older persons and their families to cope with the challenges of aging.

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