For immediate release: April 6, 2009
Contact: Anne McMillin, APR
Health Science Communication
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Workshop planned on caring for those with Parkinson's disease
Workshop to be held April 21 at the University of Nevada, Reno
RENO, Nev.— The Sanford Center for Aging, Nevada Cooperative Extension and the Nevada Geriatric Education Center (a joint program between the Sanford Center for Aging and the University of Nevada School of Medicine) will hold a workshop on caring for those with Parkinson’s disease at the University of Nevada, Reno Joe Crowley Student Union Ballroom on Tuesday, April 21 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.
The workshop will provide participants with current information on treatment and therapies for Parkinson’s disease and provide the opportunity to strengthen the alliance between the patients, their families and the medical community. At the conclusion of this event, participants will be able to explain the role of medication in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, identify the surgical options and possible benefits and consequences in the treatment of Parkinson’s disease, review common stressors and challenges faced by primary caregivers of people with Parkinson’s disease and discuss techniques used and review the benefits of movement in slowing the progression of Parkinson’s disease.
The program is intended for healthcare professionals, patients, caregivers and those wishing to learn more about the disease.
Please contact Diann Jones at (775) 682-8470 or via email at: dsjones@medicine.nevada.edu to register and for workshop fee information.
As the state’s only public medical school, the University of Nevada School of Medicine has been a leader in healthcare, medical education and research in Nevada since 1969. The School of Medicine includes 16 clinical departments including family medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics and gynecology, internal medicine, surgery, and psychiatry and behavioral sciences, and five nationally recognized departments in basic science including microbiology and biomedical engineering. The more than 185 doctors of University Health System, the school’s clinical practice, offer care in more than 40 medical specialties and subspecialties with eight physician offices in the Reno/Sparks area and seven in Las Vegas. The school is committed to a best practices approach to medicine and is dedicated to exceptional healthcare for Nevada now and in the future. For more information visit www.medicine.nevada.edu.