Everyday Tips for Living Well with Parkinson’s Disease

About this episode

This episode features insights from members of The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Patient Council on practical strategies for living well with Parkinson’s disease.

People living with Parkinson’s disease (PD) and their loved ones develop countless ways to adapt and make daily life easier as symptoms change. Members of The Michael J. Fox Foundation’s Patient Council and their care partners share decades of collective wisdom on living with PD. They came together for a live conversation at MJFF’s New York City offices to discuss what they’ve learned along their own disease journeys, from practical strategies and tools that make daily life easier to the mindsets and mantras that guide and sustain them. In this episode of the MJFF Parkinson’s Podcast, patient council member and guest host Larry Gifford, diagnosed with PD in 2017 and president of PD Avengers, together with his wife and care partner Rebecca, reflect on the advice given. Like our podcasts? Please consider leaving a rating or review and sharing the series with your community. https://apple.co/3p02Jw0 The Foundation’s landmark study, the Parkinson’s Precision Medicine Initiative, also known as PPMI, is recruiting volunteers. Join the study that’s changing everything at michaeljfox.org/podcast-ppmi . Mentioned in this episode: Researchers are studying the link between sense of smell…

People in this episode

Host: Larry Gifford

Guest: Rebecca

Topics covered

• Parkinson's disease
• living well
• patient experiences
• caregiving
• adaptation strategies

Keywords

• Parkinson's disease
• living well
• patient council
• care partners
• adaptation strategies

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Michael J. Fox Foundation, PD Avengers, Parkinson’s Precision Medicine Initiative, mysmelltest.org

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