Learn the latest in resources for Parkinson's

FALLBROOK – The Fallbrook Parkinson’s Support Group will hold their monthly meeting, Friday, Feb. 26 from 10 a.m. to noon. The meeting will be held in the Fellowship Hall of Christ the King Lutheran Church, 1620 S. Stage Coach Lane. The meetings are held the fourth Friday of each month.

This meeting will feature the Parkinson’s Association’s executive director, Lisa Fine. This month's topic is Getting to know resources available to the PWP (people with Parkinson's) community, what is new and what has changed at the Parkinson’s Association, www.ParkinsonsAssociation.org.

Fine moved to San Diego area in 2007 and became executive director for a start-up diabetes research non-profit to honor her mother who had diabetes. She now joins the Parkinson’s Association to honor her father who had Parkinson’s disease.

In addition, attendees will learn from Lidia, a member of the Fallbrook Parkinson’s Support Group, about her current journey and how she was invited in November of 2015 to participate in a clinical trial involving stem cell therapy for PD.

The study is being conducted under the direction of Dr. Michel Levesque, a neurosurgeon in Los Angeles, who is associated with Cedars-Sinai and UCLA. He is also CEO of Neurogeneration in San Diego, where the stem cell processing is taking place.

There will be a brief update from a member who has recently completed participation in research, "Intervention Study for Parkinson's Disease and Cognitive Impairment", under Dr. Dawn Schiehser, PhD. PWP will learn how they can participate in this on going study.

After the program, there will be a time for sharing tips and concerns as well as refreshments.

For more information call Shirley at (760) 990-3223 or Irene at (760) 731-0171.