Move over, burgers - beer has a new best friend! For the fourth year in a row, you can join in a delectable evening that combines tasty small batch morsels from Take a Fancy Chocolates with some of the best beers BC craft breweries have to offer. All...
Clinical ethicist Kim Jameson is investigating the need for advance care planning discussions for people with Parkinson’s disease. Many patients expressed that their doctors had not initiated conversations about long-term or end-of-life care. Jameson aims to identify the barriers preventing doctors from starting these discussions and develop patient-centered guidelines for these conversations.
We are pleased to announce that the presentations from the Victoria Regional Conference are now available by video. Victoria Regional Conference - November 2016 [view all videos] Parkinson's Overview | Dr. Silke Cresswell [view video] The Benefits of...
A Parkinson’s diagnosis can be scary when faced alone. Thankfully, Carolyn Krahn’s diagnosis was met with the support and knowledge of her friend Elizabeth, who had already been living with the disease for some time. Elizabeth visited the home of Carolyn and her...
The Nidus Personal Planning Resource Centre is a non-profit, charitable organization that serves the province of British Columbia. This November, they are recognizing Personal Planning Month through awareness and education efforts. Often, adults are...
Parkinson Society British Columbia aims to be an effective advocate for issues important to the Parkinson's community. We firmly believe that outcomes for Parkinson's patients can be improved through improved education about the disease as well as the development of a...
November is recognized as Caregivers Awareness Month by many organizations in North America. A caregiver or carepartner is an individual who cares for someone who needs help due to a physical or cognitive condition, an injury or a chronic illness. In Canada, there are...
Researchers at the University of British Columbia (UBC) are recruiting people with Parkinson's, their carepartners as well as healthcare providers for a graduate research study on advance care planning (ACP) for end-of-life health care decisions. ACP may include...
Looking for a reason to shop 'til you drop?Join Parkinson Society British Columbia (PSBC) for a Charitable Shopping Night at Holt Renfrew's CF Pacific Centre location in Vancouver. The evening consists of three hours of shopping as well as a private, 19+ reception...
