Community Resources for Parkinson's and Other Movement Disorders
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Parkinson's Disease Resources
- Other resources
Other Movement Disorders Resources
- TBD
Adult Day Centers
Aging Resources
- Advanced Care Planning
- Boomer's Roadmap to Aging in Place
- Choosing an Assisted Living Facility
- Elder Care Resources
- Financial Resources for Seniors
- Guide to Senior Nutrition
- Legal Planning for Alzheimer's and Dementia
- Making the Move to Assisted Living
- Moving Tips for Seniors
- National Council on Aging
- National Institutes of Health Senior Health
- Preventing Nursing Home Abuse
- Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health
- Senior Advocate
- Senior Health Resources
- Senior Navigator
- Veterans Benefits for Seniors
- Virginia Association of Area Agencies of Aging
- Virginia Center on Aging
- Virginia Department of Aging
Assistance
Assistive Technology
Caregiver Resources
- American Parkinson's Disease Association - Lotsa Helping Hands Coordination Service
- ARCH Respite Locator
- Disaster Preparedness for Seniors
- Jewish Family Services holds a free Caregiver Support Group on the third Thursday of each month from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. All caregivers are welcome to join us.
- Jewish Family Services • 6718 Patterson Avenue • Richmond, Virginia 23226
(804) 282-5644 or information@jfsrichmond.org
- Jewish Family Services • 6718 Patterson Avenue • Richmond, Virginia 23226
- National Alliance for Caregiving
Clinical Trials
Community Resources
Deep Brain Stimulation
- Dystonia Medical Research Foundation - Deep Brain Stimulation information
- International Essential Tremor Foundation - surgical treatments for essential tremor
- National Parkinson's Foundation - information on deep brain stimulation
- NIH - National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke - Deep Brain Stimulation for Parkinson's
Essential Tremor Organizations
Essential Tremor Support Groups
Home Modification/Affordable Housing
Huntington Disease Resources
- Caring Voice Coalition
- Genetics Home Reference
- Genetics and Rare Diseases (sponsored by NIH)
- The Hereditary Disease Foundation
- HD Buzz - research news in plain english
- Huntington's Disease Lighthouse Family
- HD Reach
- Huntington's Disease Society of America
- Huntington's Outreach Project for Education, at Stanford
- Huntington's Disease Youth Organization
- Richmond Metro Huntington Disease Support Group information
International Movement Disorders Organizations
Medical Equipment
Other Movement Disorder Resources
Parkinson's Exercise Resources
- PD Exercise Resources
If you would like us to add your class to the listing, please e-mail us at pdcenter@vcuhealth.org.
Parkinson's Organizations
Parkinson's Support Groups
*The VCU Parkinson's and Movement Disorders Center does not endorse organizations sponsoring linked resources/websites and does not endorse the products/services offered or views expressed.