Did you know that neurological disorders affect up to 1 billion people worldwide, nearly 1 in 6 of the world's population? Brain Awareness Week is an annual awareness initiative which aims to promote greater awareness of the brain and brain…
Parkinson's Awareness Week took place from the 8th to the 14th of April 2024. We held our Online Education Conference on Saturday, the 13th of April at 2pm. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Annmarie O'Connor who…
The 11th of April is World Parkinson’s Day and we are speaking publicly about the lack of funding for Parkinson’s Ireland. This issue was covered on the RTE TV news at 1pm and 6pm and on Drivetime on RTE Radio…
On World Parkinson’s day (Thursday 11th April), the first ever national audit of Parkinson’s Disease care in Ireland was published by the UCC Centre for Gerontology and Rehabilitation. It shows areas of good practice, with many areas for improvement in specialist…
Thank you to all who helped raise awareness of Parkinson's Disease throughout the week. ARTICLES · Gain power over Parkinson's with an empowering self-management toolkit - Health News · https://www.imt.ie/features-opinion/parkinsons-week-to-put-pep-in-your-step-11-04-2023/. · Annmarie O'Connor's podcast hears how people are living their…
Listen back to Specialist Parkinson's Nurse Lisa Wynne & Speech and Language Therapist Aoife Carolan. The zoom was recorded during Parkinson's Awareness Week 2023. https://www.parkinsons.ie/media/videos/
As part of Parkinson's Awareness Week this year PAI held a national conference on April 15th. The conference was a fantastic success with variety of speakers covering topics related to Parkinson's. You can playback the recording of the conference here
Parkinson's Awareness Week this year runs from April 11th - 16th. Keep an eye out on our social media platforms and website in the coming weeks for further up dates on the activities and conference planned. #parkinsons #ParkinsonsAwarenessWeek
Please find the videos of our individual speakers from our “United For Parkinson’s Conference” which took place on Saturday 9th April during Parkinson’s Awareness Week. You can also watch the conference in full by clicking on the first video. Full…