Tony and Stella completed an Activator training course. This was part of the HSE’s ‘getting Ireland active’ campaign. Having completed the course means that CPA gets 10 sets of activator poles for our members. Tony said “I found them to be a brilliant form of exercise as it allowed me to do exercises I could…
This group is now back up and running at the Kingsley Hotel each Monday at 11.00. This is a great opportunity to meet in person and still join the Cork Connect Zoom call. The meeting point is at the back of the hotel by the river next to the coffee dock. If you wish to…
It seems such a long time ago since we were able to have our annual Parkinson’s mass and many of us have fond memories of the Perpetual Motion choir having its first public performance in 2019 at that mass. Emeritus chair, Ted Horgan, has secured Bishop Fintan Gavin to officiate the 2022 Parkinson’s mass on…
For the first time since January 2020 we can finally get together again to meet in person and celebrate our achievements over the past two years. We will be holding a Spring party on Sunday May 1st 2022 at the SilverSprings Hotel AND in the West Cork Hotel, Skibbereen, to facilitate our friends living further…
#PD Rebel Runners are now officially entered into the Marathon as a team. So far we have Jerome Maume representing Young Parkinson’s, Brid McAuliffe representing Carers, Tony Wilkinson’s representing the Wibbly Wobblies and a number of other people in the medical, research, physiotherapy and other supporting roles running under the banner. We have worked closely…
We had a very successful meeting in Buswells Hotel on 24th November and met some very influential Cork TDs who actively support the campaign. We were also joined online by a number of interested parties and other neurological groups anxious to highlight the shortage of Neurological Specialist Nurses and the impact this has on their…
We will be speaking to all Cork TDs and Senators at a meeting in Buswells Hotel on Wednesday 24th November at 11.00 highlighting the woeful impact the lack of Neurological Specialist Nurses has on their constituents and how breaching this gap can save the HSE money. Join Zoom Meetinghttps://us02web.zoom.us/j/89839488219?pwd=Ylh2RkNZNmFPQWhHTjJmM1VLYkVnUT09 Meeting ID: 898 3948 8219Passcode: 575673
Róisín Guerin is doing a 2nd year Masters of Physiotherapy at UCC and is one of Dr Ruth McCullagh’s students. She is running a survey to study freezing episodes, falls and physical activity engagement in people with Parkinson’s Disease. We can help her by completing this survey at the following link https://forms.gle/dZQFpERNhKxMEnhj9 . The survey should only take…
The ‘Patients Deserve Better’ campaign is seeking investment to tackle the serious shortage of nurse specialists in neurology in Cork. Based on local and international recommendations, Cork University Hospital needs 20 nurse specialists in neurology. The hospital has just four; a shortfall of 16 nurse specialists caring for people in Cork and surrounding counties. Nationally, there is a shortfall of over 100…
Following our successful Planning day and subsequent AGM we thought it was a good idea to let people know what we have been up to in the last year or so and also to share with you the plans we have for the next few years. As we all know, Covid has not made this…
