Useful Addresses

National Parkinson Foundation
Nat'l. Hdqtrs. 1501 N.W. 9th,Bob Hope Rd., Miami,FL 33136-1494
Toll free national # 1-800-327-4545, in Florida 1-800-433-7022
California office 4929 Wilshire Blvd.,Suite 945, Los Angeles,CA 90010
Toll free in CA 1-800-400-8448
New York office 122 East 42nd St, Suite 2806, NYC 10017
Phone (212)374-1741
Call for many free pamphlets or info regarding resources.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

American Parkinson Disease Assn,Inc.
1250 Hylan Blvd., Suite 4-B
Staten Island, NY 10305
1-800-223-APDA
Offers many free booklets about all aspects of PD, including a handbook for patients and families and a handbook written specifically for the young-onset patient. Assistance is available in finding or establishing a support group.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

United Parkinson Foundation
220 So. State St, Chicago,IL 60604

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

National Family Caregivers' Association.
NFCA
10605 Concord St., Suite 501
Kensington, MD 20895-2504
1-800-896-3650
www.nfcacares.org
Memberships are $20. yr. for individuals and includes such things as: "Take Care", an informative mewsletter with advice and resources CG-to-CG Peer Support Network, to help CG members find a friend in similar circumstances
"The Resourceful Caregiver", a resource guide filled with information other advocacy and awareness -raising activities. Costs are in US currency, and Canadian residents are asked to include an extra $12. for postage. A call to the 800# will get you a useful free packet of information.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Help for hospital stays:
Willamette-Columbia Parkinsonian Society of Oregon (Will Cope) now has "A guide to caring for the Parkinson's patient" (FREE) to take with you when you go to the hospital. It describes the disease, characteristics of the disease, complicating factors, advice to speak with nutrition consultant, neuro advisory and a place for medication schedule. Also a Demerol alert for those on Elderpryl.
Give Will-Cope a call at . 1-800-485-7384.. (thanks,Helen Mason)

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The National PD Assn. supports affiliated Centers of Excellence in 9 other countries: China, Argentina, The Netherlands, Japan (2), England, France, Israel (2), Canada (2), and Spain.
Persons interested in knowing more about these centers should call the NPF at 1-800-327-4545 or write them at 1501 N.W. 9th Ave, Bob Hope Road, Miami,Florida, 33136-1494

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Lending a Helping Hand to At-Home Caregivers, Education, Financial Aid Can Help Ease Burden For Caregivers by Stan Hinden (Retirement Journal) appeared in the Washington Post on Sunday, 15th August, 1999. It is worthwhile reading and includes the following addresses for contact:

National Alliance For CareGiving
Bethesda,MD
Tel: (301) 718-8444 www.CareGiving.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Family Caregiver Alliance
San Francisco. CA
Tel: (415) 434-3388
www.CareGiver.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

National Association For Home Care
Washington, D.C.
Tel: (202)547-7424
www.nahc.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

National Council on the Aging
Washington, D.C.
Tel: (202)479-1200
www.ncoa.org

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

The National CareGiving Foundation
401 Wythe St. A-3
Alexandria, VA 22314
(703)299-9300
1-800-930-1357

Return to Index
Return to Alphabetical Contents