Parkinson's Support Groups

July 22, 2004 6:47 AM

An older friend of mine was recently diagnosed with Parkinson's. She's looking for a good support group, either online, or in the NYC area. The in-hospital one her doctor referred her to turned her off for being "too depressing and not helpful". Does anyone have any good suggestions, or experience in this area?
posted by mkultra to Health & Fitness (2 answers total)

While I don't have any personal experience from which to draw upon, a little bit of google-fu produced some listings for support groups local to NYC.

They may be in the least a starting point for finding a good support network for your friend to plug in to.
posted by jazzkat11 at 10:54 AM on July 22, 2004

my uncle Bob had it for years and years--he used to go to Beth Israel--2 support groups listed there.

I hear there are much much much better drugs for it now--he hated the drugs he had to take--they dulled everything, including his mind.
posted by amberglow at 8:50 PM on July 22, 2004