MPF Resources / Research
Products Available Through MPF
- Brochures:
- Michigan Parkinson Foundation
- Facts about Parkinson's
- Michigan Parkinson Foundation Support Groups
- Critical Information form (to be used by people who are entering a hospital or other care facility). You complete the form by writing information that would be helpful for those providing care for you.
- Physician Prescription Form: for physician to refer you to Michigan Parkinson Foundation programs.
- Tee Shirts (with MPF insignia)
- Disability Information
- Videos:
- "In Their Own Words" Produced and directed by Kathy Vander for the Michigan Parkinson Foundation, funded in part by the Michigan Department of Community Health. Professionally produced, narrated by Rich Fisher, Half hour program featuring Michigan residents with Parkinson's disease who describe their hopes, challenges and ways to overcome living with a Chronic disease.
- "Care for the Parkinsonian in Nursing Homes" Funded through a grant from Art Van, this 45 minute program, although dated, contains the essentials of caring for a person with PD in an extended care facility. Can be viewed in 15 minute segments to instruct staff about the complexities of dealing with PD. Commentary by people with PD and their care partners.
Research Websites
Neurology Referral List
pdf Neurology Referral List for MPF (229 KB)
Resource Websites
NATIONAL & INTERNATIONAL PARKINSON'S EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES:
- National Parkinson Foundation
www.parkinson.org
Bob Hope Parkinson's Research Center
1501 NW 9th Avenue
Miami, FL 33136-1494
(800) 327-4545 - American Parkinson Disease Foundation (APDA)
1250 Hylan Boulevard, Suite 4B
Staten Island, New York 10305-1946 - Parkinson's Action Network (PAN) (advocacy group)
www.parkinsonsaction.org - Parkinson's Disease Foundation (PDF)
www.pdf.org
1359 Broadway, Suite 1509
New York, NY 10018
(800)457-6676 - Parkinson's Society of Canada
www.parkinson.ca
4211 Yonge Streeet, Suite 316
Toronto, ON M2P 2!9
(416) 227-9700, (800) 565-3000
Movement Disorder Society
www.movementdisorders.org
555 East Wells Street, Suite 1100
Milwaukee, WI 53202-3823 USA
( 414) 276-2145
OTHER MICHIGAN RESOURCES:
- Michigan Dementia Coalition
www.dementiacoalition.org - Area Agency on Aging
www.mi-seniors.org - Grand Traverse Area Parkinson Support Group
www.gtaparkinsonsgroup.org/
YOUNG ONSET RESOURCES:
- APDA Young Parkinson's Information and Referral Center
Glenbrook Hospital, 2100 Pfingsten Road
Glenview, IL 60025?(800) 223-9776 - Young Onset Parkinson's Association
www.youngparkinsons.org/
PARKINSON PLUS ORGANIZATIONS:
- Essential Tremor
International Essential Tremor Association
www.essentialtremor.org - Society for Progressive Supranuclear Palsy Society for PSP
Woodholme Medical Building
1838 Greene Tree Road, Suite 515
Baltimore, MD 21208
(800) 457-4777, Fax: (410) 486-4283
www.psp.org
ADDITIONAL WEBSITE RESOURCES:
- Alzheimer's Association
www.alz.org - CareGiving.com Helping You Help Aging Relatives
www.caregiving.com - Medicaid and Medicare Assistance Programs
www.mmapinc.org/ - On-line Parkinson Resources
www.medscape.com/resource/parkinsons
www.neurologychannel.com
www.nfcacares.org (National Family Caregivers Association)
www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/parkinsonsdisease.html
www.worldpdcongress.org (World Parkinson Congress)
http://www.nwpf.org/
www.parkinsonsaction.org (PAN - Parkinson Action Network)
OTHER RESOURCES:
Huntington's Disease Society of America, Michigan Chapter
1174 James Savage Rd
Midland, MI 48640
http://michigan.hdsa.org/
(800) 909-0073
