Tony was in Dublin on December 2nd to attend the national Volunteer Awards ceremony. Kate along with Virginia Conrick, vice chair CPA joined us with her husband Anthony. Gary Boyle, Richelle Flanagan and Lisa Wynne helped us celebrate Tony’s nomination for the national award in the Health & Wellbeing category. It was amazing to have the physical support of such good friends and staunch advocates for PWPs.
At the National Ploughing championships, the PDRC and CPA had a stand number 42 in the Dome. Professor Aideen Sullivan, Dr Lucy Collins-Stack with a team of PHD students carried out a survey on the link between Pesticides and Parkinson’s. This was a great opportunity to engage the farming community and to gather their views…
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On Wednesday, June 15th Tony Wilkinson was one of the keynote speakers at Leinster House with the Patients Deserve Better Campaign pushing to get the 100 specialist neurological nurses Ireland needs right now. Tony spoke about the lack of Parkinson’s nurses and demonstrated how that impacts the lives of people living with Parkinson’s. The room…
We just had an amazing sing along with the World Parkinson’s Coalition in celebration of Valentine’s day with many of our Perpetual Motion members joining us. Next month, Ireland will be hosting a celebration of St Patrick’s day so come along and lend your voice to the wonderful event. Let’s show the rest of the…
UCC are conducting an online survey on the impact of Covid-19 on non-motor aspects of Parkinson’s Disease. Is the COVID-19 pandemic and current lockdowns impacting your Parkinson’s symptoms? Please take the online short survey HERE (or click on picture below) to help us understand more. Any questions please contact the team on PDSTUDY@ucc.ie
We have been told that the funding for the specialist nurses (25 nationally) from last year’s budget has been allocated. The great news is that 6 are for Parkinson’s with 1 Parkinson’s specialist nurse for CUH. This is the outcome of the “Patients Deserve Better” campaign. A huge ‘thank you’ to all involved especially those…
