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At 04:05 PM 2/23/96 -0500, you wrote: >Hi, I am a forty eight year old man who lives with his wife and daughter in >the San Francisco Bay Area. My wifes father is in the advanced stages of >Parkinsons disease, and he has become our charge and responsibility lately as >my mother in law is physically unable to care for him. He is under the care >of a the doctors of Kaiser Permanente in Fremont Ca. The reason I am writing >this message is to look for help in finding the best medical care available >in this area. I have become convinced he is not getting good care from his >current hmo. If anyone has any advice for us it would be greatly appreciated, >we just need to know what direction to go to be sure we are getting the best >care we can provide for him. > >Thanks, > >Michael Beggs > > Hi. I would suggest that you contact one of the four national orgianizations for PD in the US. I did that and they referred me to PD Institute in Summyvale where there are 5 or 6 neurologists who specialize in PD and movement disorders. I feel it is necesary not only to choose a neurologist but one who is experienced with PD. ---Milo Milo V. Anderson, Ph.D. Box 417 Angwin, CA 94508 voice 707 965 2508 fax 707 965 3148 e-mail [log in to unmask]