Help Sheets, Booklets, & Brochures
Advancing Stages
- Disease Progression: What to Expect [help sheet]
- Managing Advanced Parkinson’s [help sheet]
Caregiving and Family
- Caregiving, Grieving, and Loss [help sheet]
- Talking to Your Children About Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- Talking About Abuse [help sheet]
- Caregiving in the Family [help sheet]
- Information for Teens About Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Carepartner Self-care and Support [help sheet]
- A Comprehensive Guide for Parkinson’s Caregivers [booklet]
- Parkinson’s Disease and Parenting [booklet]
- Caring for Someone with Parkinson’s [brochure]
Daily Living
- Dressing Yourself [help sheet]
- Driving Safely [help sheet]
- Living Independently with Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Dental Care and Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- Travelling with Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- In-home Safety Check: Reducing Fall Risk [help sheet]
- Effective Communication with Your Healthcare Team: The PACE Framework [help sheet]
- Bathroom Safety [help sheet]
- Obtaining Assistive Devices and Home Adaptations [help sheet]
- Enhancing Communication with a Person with Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- How To Stay Safe and in Your Home for Longer [help sheet]
- Protective and Adaptive Clothing [help sheet]
- Sexual Intimacy [help sheet]
- Stay on Your Feet [booklet]
- Exercise Booklet for People with Parkinson’s Disease [booklet]
- Leaving Your Legacy [brochure]
Mental and Cognitive Health
- Maintaining Good Cognitive Health [help sheet]
- Parkinson’s and Dementia [help sheet]
- Apathy [help sheet]
- Communicating Effectively with a Person with Parkinson’s Who Has Cognitive Impairments [help sheet]
- Lewy Body Dementia [help sheet]
- Parkinson’s Dementia and Reactive Behaviours [help sheet]
- Mental Health and Parkinson’s [help sheet]
Motor Symptoms
- Bowel Management Program for Constipation [help sheet]
- Improving Balance and Preventing Falls [help sheet]
- Vision and Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- Stiffness and Slow Movement in Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- Freezing [help sheet]
- Tremor [help sheet]
- Swallowing Difficulties in Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Communication Problems in Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Dystonia (Uncontrollable Muscle Contractions) [help sheet]
- Walking [help sheet]
- Communication and Swallowing [booklet]
Newly Diagnosed
Non-Motor Symptoms
- Low Blood Pressure [help sheet]
- Bladder Issues [help sheet]
- Sleep, Fatigue, and Sleep Disorders in Parkinson’s [help sheet]
- Skin Changes [help sheet]
- A Guide to the Non-Motor Symptoms of PD: for Patients [booklet]
Self-Management
- Your Healthcare Team and How to Access It [help sheet]
- Comprehensive Care Plan Checklist [help sheet]
- Preparing for a Medical Appointment [help sheet]
- ParkiTrack [booklet]
Treatment and Medication
- Diet and Nutrition [help sheet]
- Recreation Therapy [help sheet]
- Treatment Options for Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Medication Absorption: Levodopa (Sinemet) and Protein [help sheet]
- Parkinson’s Medication: What You Need to Know [help sheet]
- Radboud Oral Motor Inventory [help sheet]
- Medical and Recreational Cannabis [help sheet]
- Deep Brain Stimulation [help sheet]
- A Patient’s First-hand Account of Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery [article]
- Treatments for Parkinson’s Disease [booklet]
- Hospitalization and Parkinson’s Disease [brochure]
Young Onset Parkinson's Disease
- Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease [help sheet]
- Advice for the Newly Diagnosed from Individuals Currently Living with YOPD [booklet]
Community Exercise Programs
Looking for Parkinson’s-specific exercise classes? Parkinson Society British Columbia is here to help! Our growing database features community-based exercise programs designed to support people living with Parkinson’s disease.
Browse programs available across the province and discover options in your area. Our list is continuously updated as we learn about more opportunities.
Past Presentation Recordings
Looking for recording of our presentations? We record many of our educational presentations, exercise sessions, and workshops, so you can watch them at any time from the comfort of your home.
Educational & Exercise Webinars
To view previous recordings of educational webinars on Parkinson’s disease and explore exercise classes you can do from the comfort of your home, please visit our YouTube channel.