Welcome to Parkinson’s SA Inc

Parkinson’s SA was established in 1983 to provide support for people with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders and their families.
We hope that this website will prove to be a useful resource for you whether you are a person diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease or other movement disorders, a family member or friend, a health professional, a student or simply an interested person.
Please use the links above to find out more about Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, Parkinson’s SA and the range of services that PSA offers.
Please ring our Helpline on 1800 644 189 to obtain further information, support and counselling. For general calls to the office phone 8357 8909.
Parkinson’s SA relies on fundraising to provide its services. Below you will find information about upcoming events that will help PSA to raise funds and awareness.

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24 May 2013 – Pitch In For Parkinson’s Corporate Lunch

Please join us with your friends and colleagues for the second Pitch in for Parkinson’s Corporate Lunch, supporting the great work of Parkinson’s SA.

This year our special Guest Speaker is  

Peter Switzer, leading Australian financial commentator and advisor is one of Australia’s leading business and financial commentators having worked in the financial media since 1985.  A former lecturer in economics at the University of NSW and award-winning broadcaster, Peter is currently:

• A senior contributor with The Australian newspaper
• Host of his own TV shows, Switzer and Grow Your Business, on Sky News Business
• A weekly columnist with Yahoo!7 Finance
• A senior contributor on investment sites www.switzer.com.au and the www.switzersuperreport.com.au
• Owner and operator of two successful businesses, Switzer Financial Planning and the Switzer Super Report, a newsletter and website for self-managed super funds

 

Valmai Hankel, will also talk about how her fascinating life has been affected

by a diagnosis of Parkinson’s.  Valmai is President of the Friends of the State Library and well known as a traveller,

wine writer and regular guest on Peter Goers show on ABC 891 Radio.  In 2012, Valmai was awarded the Royal Geographical Society of South Australia’s John Lewis Gold Medal, an honour she shares with Sir Edmund Hillary and Sir Douglas Mawson, and she is its only living recipient.

  

Reason to support our cause: There is one Australian diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease every hour of every day.  Each year Parkinson’s SA provides support services and advocacy for over 2000 people with Parkinson’s and their family members.  This includes a Helpline, Support Groups, education seminars and up to date information on living well with this debilitating neurological condition, second only in numbers to dementia.

 

Details

Venue:           The Sanctuary Restaurant at the Adelaide Zoo www.sanctuaryadelaidezoo.com.au/

Date:               Friday 24 May 2013

Time:              12 noon to 3pm

Cost:               $125 includes main course, dessert, coffee and chocolates with all drinks included ($1250 for a table of ten)

Other:             Live auction compered by David Smallacombe

Parking:         There is metered parking along Botanic Drive

How To Book

There are several options available on how you can book for this exciting event which are:

• Complete the order form and post it to our office with your payment details
• OR ring our office on 1800 644 189 and provide your credit card details
• OR email lee@parkinsonssa.org.au

31 May 2013 – Living Well With Parkinson’s Information Session

Parkinson’s SA and the Onkaparinga Parkinson’s group invite you to an information session - “Living Well with Parkinson’s”.

Guest Speaker is Ruth Withey who is the Parkinson’s nurse at the Flinders Medical Centre.

Date: Friday 31st May 2013.

Here is a link to further information.

Application for Membership

Here is a link to the Application form for Membership 2012 – 2013, the form is in “pdf” format which means that you can’t complete it by adding information to the computer.  Therefore you need to print the form, supply the required information and post using the details on the form itself.

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15 – 16 June 2013 – 9th Asian Pacific Parkinson Association for People Living with Parkinson’s disease

Announcing the 9th Asian Pacific Parkinson Association Meeting
Sponsored by the Movement Disorder Society

This two day meeting is specially designed for People Living with Parkinson’s disease and their partners, families and carers and will be held at The Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre, Darling Harbour, Sydney on 15 and 16 June.

Click here for more information and to register.

16 – 20 June 2013 – 17th International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders for Health Professionals

Announcing the The Movement Disorder Society’s
International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders

June 16-20, 2013 in Sydney

 

The Movement Disorder Society (MDS) gathers thousands of the field’s clinicians, researchers, trainees and industry supporters on an annual basis at its International Congress of Parkinson’s Disease and Movement Disorders.  The purpose of the MDS International Congress is to share ideas, encourage interest among all those involved in the care and research of Movement Disorders, to participate in the activities of MDS and to advance the related clinical and scientific discipline.

Click here for the conference program, more information or to register.

Report on Lifestyle Weekend May 2013

The weekend was held at the Clare Country Club

May 3-5 2013

96 people with Parkinson’s and their family members recently enjoyed a weekend of sharing information, experiences and strategies for living well with Parkinson’s.

Here is a link to the full details of the weekend activities.

Here is a link to the photographs taken of the weekend

The weekend was generously sponsored by Australian Executor Trustees.

Parkinson’s SA Scholarship for 2013

Parkinson’s SA has established a Research Foundation and as part of that Foundation wishes to encourage research into Parkinson’s disease at the Honours level.

On World Parkinson’s Day 2013, congratulations go to Patrick Faulkner, Honours student in Health Sciences at the University of South Australia, who will receive the first Norman Weir Parkinson’s SA Scholarship. Patrick’s exciting research explores new techniques that will potentially aid earlier diagnosis of Parkinson’s disease.

It is hoped to offer more scholarships in future years.

Entertainment Book 2013 / 2014

 

The Entertainment Books are now available.

There are several options available on how you can obtain your Entertainment Book which are:

• Complete the order form and post it to our office with your payment details which need to include postage unless you want to pick up the book from our office
• OR ring our office on 1800 644 189 and provide your credit card details and we will send out the Entertainment Book
• OR you can visit our office at 23a King William Road Unley and make the payment and receive your Entertainment Book

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Learn Now, Live Well Seminars 2013

These seminars are designed for people recently diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.

These seminars aim to give you information on Parkinson’s disease to support you in managing this condition.  Please bring along family members, friends or carers, so you will all gain a greater understanding.

Here is a link to further information.

Please contact our office on 1800 644 189 or (08) 8357 8909 to book for the seminars.

Take 9 Movie Cards

Go to the movies more often with this fabulous offer!

The advantages of this wonderful offer are:

• See 2 movies for FREE
• 9 movies for only $9 each for you and a friend or family members
• Over $150 savings on normal ticket prices
• Chance to win a Wallis Gold Pass
• And a bag of Menz FruChocs to share

Here is a link to the order form.

There are several options available on how you can obtain your movie card which are:

• Complete the order form and post it to our office with your payment details
• OR ring our office on 1800 644 189 and provide your credit card details and we will send out the movie card
• OR you can visit our office at 23a King William Road Unley and make the payment and receive your movie card

As always, this fundraiser is generously sponsored by Channel 9 Telethon, Wallis Cinemas and Robern Menz.

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2013 Parkinson’s High Tea

The third “High Tea” to support the work of Parkinson’s SA was held on Thursday 14 March 2013.

Here are photos of this successful event.

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2013 Books For Sale

Here is a list of available books.

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2013 Calendar

Please check this site on a regular basis as the Calendar will be regularly updated as further dates are available.  Here is link to the 2013 Calendar.

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Australia’s Unity Walk for Parkinson’s

The Unity Walk will this year be held on Sunday 8 September, 2013 at Elder Park.  More details will be available as they come to hand.
The inaugural Australia’s Unity Walk for Parkinson’s in South Australia in the Mid North was held on Sunday 28 October 2012, at the Clare Oval Inaugural Unity Walk for Parkinson’s in the Mid North.  Photos from the Mid North Unity Walk are now available here.

Adelaide Unity Walk Photos
To see photos of the 2012 Unity Walk taken by darrenclementsphotography.com.au please visit: Unity Walk 2012
Please also visit and connect to our Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/#!/parkinsons.sa

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Audio Interview with Valmai Hankel

Click here to access the audio tape which lasts for about 20 minutes. It may take 30-60 seconds to load.
Valmai Hankel is a South Australian wine writer, horse breeder, intrepid outback traveller and President of the Friends of the State Library.  She previously worked at the State Library for 43 years, developing the rare book collection. She is also a regular presenter on ABC 891 Radio. In 2009 she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease.  In this interview about Valmai’s personal journey with Parkinson’s she talks candidly to long time friend, Liz Burge, who is currently Professor of Adult Education at the University of New Brunswick in Canada.  The audio tape has been provided courtesy of the State Library of SA and it was edited by Nick de Rohan.

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2011 Report on Parkinson’s Disease in Australia

Here is a link to a Report, by Deloitte Access Economics titled: “Living with Parkinson’s Disease”  about Parkinson’s Disease in Australia released in 2011.  One in 350 Australians now have Australia’s second most common neurological disease, Parkinson’s Disease.

Key findings include:

• That 30 more people are diagnosed with Parkinson’s each day
• Parkinson’s is growing in numbers (by 17% over the last six years); and costs have grown by over 48%
• the estimated burden of the disease for 2011-12 is valued at $7.6 billion
• 20% of PD sufferers are of working age
• Parkinson’s is commoner than prostate, bowel and many other cancers
• it costs people with Parkinson’s about $12,000 a year out of their own pockets
• every year nearly 50,000 years of healthy life are lost to the condition

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Global Parkinson’s Pledge

The Global Parkinson’s Pledge was launched at the second World Parkinson’s Congress in Glasgow, Scotland on 27 September 2010. Its aim is to help build a global Parkinson’s movement to make Parkinson’s a priority health, social and economic issue around the world and to advance the cure.
Sign the pledge at: www.worldpdcongress.org and join the Parkinson’s world wide community.
We aim to have one million signatures by the next WPC in Montreal, Canada in 2013.

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