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Hi Malysa, I'm sure the members of the parkinsn list will be glad to answer any of your questions about PD. You are also fortunate in the state of Washington to have a dynamic and trail blazing organization - The Northwest Parkinson's Foundation and its Booth Gardner Parkinson’s Care Center. They can provide your family with much information and services for your grandfather. Visit their web site at: www.nwpf.org . NWPF has also created "The Parkinson's Training for Caregivers" - a free online course developed to train caregivers in caring for those with Parkinson's Disease in long-term care settings. See : http://www.parkinsonseducator.com/ You can also call the Northwest Parkinson’s Foundation at (877) 980-7500 and the Booth Gardner Parkinson’s Care Center at (425) 899-3123. You're a good grand daughter! Linda Herman On Sat, 4 Oct 2003 22:14:03 -0700 Gan Eden Tivi veTzimchi <[log in to unmask]> writes: > Hello, my name is Malysa (pronounced Melissa) and I just wanted to > introduce myself. My grandpa has Parkinson's and is rapidly getting > worse, although he is very high spirited and doesn't let it get to > him too much as he still tries to continue doing everything he could > before although he does realize some of his limitations. > > Anyway, I live in Washington (state, not DC) and I am also > currently a NAC (certified nursing assistant) (actually I am just > completing the class and preparing to take the state exam) and will > be working in a nursing home starting in a couple of weeks. > > I am hoping to learn as much as I can about Parkinson's here on the > mailing list - all aspects of it even including caregiving (caring > for someone with Parkinson's and what they need both physically and > emotionally and how to best meet the needs of someone with > Parkinson's, how to increase their quality of life and help them > with activities of daily living) and also how it really affects > people, not just physically and not just the symptoms but on a more > personal level emotionally. > > I look forward to participating on this list and getting to know > some of you and learn whatever I can. Thank you for listening to my > long winded and probably boring introduction of myself. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn