Resources for Patients and Caregivers

Adult Day Centers

• Circle Center Adult Day Services
• Riverside PACE

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Aging Resources

• Boomer's Roadmap to Aging in Place
• Financial Resources for Seniors
• Guide to Senior Nutrition
• Legal Planning for Alzheimer's and Dementia
• Moving Tips for Seniors
• National Council on Aging
• National Institutes of Health Senior Health
• Riverside Center for Excellence in Aging and Lifelong Health
• Senior Advocate
• Senior Health Resources
• Senior Navigator
• Veterans Benefits for Seniors
• Virginia Association of Area Agencies of Aging
• Virginia Center on Aging
• Virginia Department of Aging

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Assistance

• Melvin Weinstein Parkinson's Foundation
• Patient Advocate Foundation
• Virginia Department of Medical Assistance Services

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Assistive Technology

• Virginia Assistive Technology System

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Caregiver Resources

• American Parkinson's Disease Association - Lotsa Helping Hands Coordination Service
• ARCH Respite Locator
• Jewish Family Services holds a free Caregiver Support Group on the third Thursday of each month from 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. All caregivers are welcome to join us.
  • Jewish Family Services • 6718 Patterson Avenue • Richmond, Virginia 23226
    (804) 282-5644 or information@jfsrichmond.org
• National Alliance for Caregiving

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Clinical Trials

• PMDC Clinical research projects
• Clinical Trials.gov - National Institutes of Health Clinical Trials Registry
• Fox Foundation Parkinson's Trial Finder

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Community Resources

• Jewish Family Services
• Senior Connections
• Virginia Easy Access

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Deep Brain Stimulation

• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation - Deep Brain Stimulation information
• International Essential Tremor Foundation - surgical treatments for essential tremor
• National Parkinson's Foundation - information on deep brain stimulation

Essential Tremor Organizations

• International Essential Tremor Foundation
• Tremor Action Network

Essential Tremor Support Groups

• Richmond ET support group
• Virginia Essential tremor support group listing

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Home Modification / Accessible Housing

• Access Virginia
• Home Mods Organization

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Huntington Disease Resources

• Genetics Home Reference
• Genetics and Rare Diseases (sponsored by NIH)
• The Hereditary Disease Foundation
• HD Buzz - research news in plain English
• Huntington's Disease Lighthouse Family
• HD Reach
• Huntington's Disease Society of America
• Huntington's Outreach Project for Education, at Stanford
• Huntington's Disease Youth Organization
• Richmond Metro Huntington Disease Support Group information

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International Movement Disorders Organizations

• International Essential Tremor Foundation
• Parkinson's Society Canada
• Parkinson's UK

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Medical Equipment

• Active Forever
• FREE: Foundation for Rehabilitation Equipment and Endowment
• Patterson Medical
• Virginia Assistive Technology Loan Fund Authority

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Parkinson's Exercise Resources (Virginia)

• Listing of Parkinson's exercise resources in Virginia
  If you would like us to add your class to the listing, please e-mail us at pdcenter@vcu.edu.

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Parkinson's Organizations

• American Parkinson's Disease Association
• Davis Phinney Foundation for Parkinson's
• Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson's Research
• National Parkinson Foundation
• Parkinson's Disease Foundation
• Veteran's Affairs Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECC)

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Parkinson's Support Groups

• Listing of support groups in Virginia

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Resources for Other Movement Disorders

• Cure PSP
• Dystonia Medical Research Foundation
• Huntington's Disease Society of America
• International Essential Tremor Foundation
• Lewy Body Dementia Association
• Multiple System Atrophy Coalition
• National Ataxia Foundation
• Tardive Dyskinesia

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Veteran's Resources

• Southeast (Richmond) Veteran's Affairs Parkinson's Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECC)

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