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Parkinson Association of Alabama, Inc.

REVISED Newsletter | June 2020

The PAA's 2020 Webinar Series Continues

Next Up ...

Men and Parkinson's Disease
Tuesday, July 23 at 2:30 p.m. CT

This webinar is hosted by John Bennett who is our Men's PD Support Group leader in Birmingham.

John will host a panel of four men and the panelists include Brian Corbett, PAA Board President, Ken Cater, PAA Emeritus Director, Michael S. Fitts, PAA Board Member and Dr. Michael Vaughn, Associate Professor of Family Practice, UAB School of Medicine.

As a man living with PD, do you question the physical and mental impacts on your health and whether you will be well enough to continue working? Do you wonder if your relationship with your spouse will change? These questions and more will be addressed during the webinar. Please register for this free webinar and submit any questions for the panel at https://www.pdlink.org/2020-paa-webinar-registration-men-parkinsons-disease/.

Please make plans to join our other webinars scheduled this year.

August 13, 2020
1:00 p.m. CT
The influence of HOPE on Parkinson's Disease
Amanda Elliott, PT, DPT, BenchMark Physical Therapy

September 24, 2020
2:00 p.m. CT
How Sound Financial Planning Can Guide Families Through the Complexity of a Long-Term Care Event
Presented by Michael Ford

October TBD
PD Fight Club
Presented by Martin Juarez, Juarez Boxing

Webinar Recap ...

If you were unable to attend UAB's Update of Parkinson Disease Research hosted by Dr. David Standaert, MD, PhD, Dr. Amy Amara, MD, PhD, and Dr. Talene Yacoubian, MD, PhD, we hope you will take the opportunity to review the recap at https://www.pdlink.org/webinar-recap-update-parkinsons-disease-research/.

PAA Care Navigator Services

and

Resource Center

Our Care Navigator is responsible for providing a comprehensive approach to managing PD. Working directly with the healthcare community, our Care Navigator coorindates programs and provides information for new diagnoses and those with PD and their caregivers. Our Care Navigator may be reached at 833.473.5465 or via email at pdnavigator@pdlink.org.

Our statewide Parkinson's Disease Resource Center called PDLink serves to educate and support those with PD and their families.

Do You Know?

Our PDLink website provides the following information for PD patients and their caregivers?

Recently Diagnosed
Knowledgebase
Providers
Research
Organizations
Support
Events
And much more!

Please visit our website at www.pdlink.org to obtain information on our resource center offerings.

!!! REMINDER !!!

THE SEPTEMBER 26, 2020 SYMPOSIUM
IS CANCELED

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NEW in this Issue:

* Webinar Series

* Care Navigator Services & Resource Center

* PAA License Plate

* Birdies for Charity

GIVE to the PAA!

Please go to this link to give Memorials, Honorariums, or a general donation. We appreciate you!

Email us your mailing address and you will receive any information that we send out.

PAA LICENSE PLATE

Have you ever thought about getting a personalized car tag for Parkinson's?

This opportunity may be available to you soon and will support Parkinson research and programs in our state coordinated through the PAA.

The PAA plans to submit the application for a Parkinson's Disease license plate through the Alabama Department of Revenue's Motor Vehicle Division (MVD). The PAA will have one year to obtain a pre-commitment of 250 tag purchases to move forward once the MVD approves our tag submission.

Are you aware that as much as $45 of your $50 tag fee will directly support the PAA? We hope you will consider purchasing the PAA Specialty License Plate when it is available.

We will keep you updated on this project through our monthly newsletters!

BIRDIES FOR CHARITY

RESCHEDULING OF EVENT

The Regions Tradition has been rescheduled for September 23-27, 2020 and it will be the final major championship on the 2020 PGA TOUR Champions schedule. With all the best players headed to Hoover, Alabama, this will bring excitement to the event which will once again be hosted by Greystone Golf and Country Club.

Parkinson Association of Alabama, Inc. is approved as a participating charity in 2020 Regions Tradition Birdies for Charity.

The Birdies program will be doubling the bonus dollars pool for the 2020 tournament and Regions Bank has extended the program through September 28, 2020. We now have three additional months for our donors to contribute to the PAA!

CHIP IN FOR THE PAA!

Birdies for Charity is your opportunity to help the Parkinson Association of Alabama. When you chip in for our organization, you can help make the PAA a big winner because participating charities receive every single penny of the donations collected in the program.

Bibby S. Bailey
Executive Director
Parkinson Association of Alabama
www.parkinsonalabama.org
833.473.5465

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