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.”
Category Archives: LBD
Seminario web sobre la demencia con cuerpos de Lewy – grabación y presentación
El 28 de febrero de 2024, Brain Support Network y Stanford Neurology organizaron un seminario web en español sobre la demencia por la enfermedad de Parkinson y por demencia con cuerpos de Lewy (DCL).
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.
Información en español sobre la demencia con cuerpos de Lewy
Brain Support Network y Stanford serán coanfitriones de un seminario web en español sobre la demencia de la enfermedad de Parkinson, también llamada demencia con cuerpos de Lewy. (DCL). En preparación para ese seminario web, hemos compilado una lista de recursos LBD relevantes en español. Continue reading
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.