Description
The YOPD meetings seem to be quite lively. Members are active and almost no one is shy! The group finds its core activity to be what the name implies -- Support -- for its members and their care partners. Meetings have covered a wide range of topics, all in an effort to better cope with life in the YOPD fast lane.

EvType:
Meeting

Date(s):
Monthly (2nd Monday). 6:30 - 8:30pm

Sponsor:
Young Onset Support Group of SE Michigan

Cost:
Chip-in for refreshments

Background/History
The Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease (YOPD) Support Group was started in October, 2002. Prior to YOPD SG, support groups were organized by geography. The group is the first to be organized under a common theme.
The YOPD connection gives this group a unique profile. Members are generally younger than average. A greater percentage are still employed. Members are generally more physically active. Because they face the initial onset of symptoms, they confront the life questions of the newly diagnosed learning about the disease and how to cope with it.

Activities
The group’s members live throughout the Detroit metro area. So good group-wide communications are critical. The team tends to use the phone less, perhaps, than other support groups. They use written or electronic communication perhaps more often. The team has frequent mailings, using regular (snail) mail and e-mail.

Registration:
9-May-05, 13-Jun-05; 2H-05 Schedule -- 11-Jul, 8- Aug, 12-Sep, 10-Oct, 14-Nov, 12-Dec

For Further Information:
Contact Dick Nugent, YOPD-SG Facilitator
(wrenbusisolutions@comcast.net)

Location:
South Lake Board Bldg

Address:
23101 Stadium Blvd
St Clair Shores, MI 48080

DIRECTIONS:
I-94 to 9 Mile Road, East (toward Lake St Clair) approx 1/4 mi to 1st light (Stadium Blvd). North through gate to Board bldg