Caregiver’s Advice – “20 Lessons Learned the Hard Way”

A local Parkinson’s Disease (PD) caregiver support group member recently offered her highest recommendation for a book titled “Advice From a Parkinson’s Wife: 20 Lessons Learned the Hard Way,” by Barbara Sheklin Davis (2019). We encourage you to buy it! Barbara authored five books before this one. She was a Parkinson’s care partner for over twenty years. Her latest book is “Advice from a Parkinson’s Widow.”

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Local support group member’s advice on items to have in place

Local support group member Joan’s husband recently passed away with Lewy body dementia.  This is a list of items she encourages families to consider before a loved one’s passing.  Some of the advice is specific to spouses.  A bit of the advice is California-specific. None of the advice is specific to Lewy body dementia.

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Diagnosing LBD: Advances in Biomarkers – Register now for Feb. 29 webinar

On February 29 at 1pm PT, the Lewy Body Dementia Association (LBDA, lbda.org) will host a webinar on “Introduction to Synuclein Biomarkers: How Researchers are ‘Seeing’ Lewy Bodies in the Living Brain.” Stanford neurologist Kathleen Poston, MD, will discuss recent advances in the development of biomarkers for alpha-synuclein, how they are changing research in Lewy body dementia (LBD) and Parkinson’s disease (PD), and how they may change clinical practice in the future.

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