Links

Australian Sites

Parkinson's New South Wales Inc.
Parkinson's Queensland Inc.
Parkinson's Victoria Inc.
Parkinson's South Australia Inc
Parkinson's Western Australia Inc


Parkinsons ACT

Tel 02 62885770
Email rnorton@iimetro.com.au


Parkinsons Tasmania
Locked Bag 4
SANDY BAY
TAS 7006
Tel 03 6224 4028
Fax 03 6224 4222
Email jhope@mstas.org.au


General Sites

Understanding Parkinson's Disease an Australian site supported by Novartis Pharmaceuticals.
National Parkinson Foundation Inc of Miami USA . Perhaps the best and most comprehensive and user friendly site on the internet.
Dennis Greene: A Personal View
Awakenings a good general site presented by Roche Pharmaceuticals.
James a very comprehensive UK based site.
The Parkinson Web a good US based starting point for PD information.

Overview / Symptoms

Encarta Encyclopedia entry by Dr Abraham Lieberman
Parkinson's Disease: What You And Your Family Should Know complete text of the NPF publication
PD: A Primary Care Perspective from the "Awakenings" site
Living With PD from the "Awakenings" site
Michael J Fox Foundation a highly informative site on research inot Parkinson's

Caring

Caring And Coping: an NPF booklet
Carers from the "James" site providing several links to other carers sites
Carers Association Of Australia

Discussion Groups

PARKINSN List how to join the most popular discussion site
PD Kids - From the "James" site a discussion forum for kids within PD families

Depression and Psychosocial Aspects

Adjustment, Adaptation And Accommodation full text of the NPF booklet
Psychosocial Factors In The Treatment Of PD: A Contextual Approach' an excerpt from the book The Comprehensive Management Of Parkinson's Disease

Drugs

Parkinson's Disease: Medications the complete text of the publication by the National Parkinson Foundation of the USA.

Exercise / Fitness

Fitness Counts full text of the NPF publication

Glossary

NPF Glossary - the best glossary on the internet News / Research Reports
Research Report Index research reports published by the NPF
News from the "Awakenings" site
Medline Plus Medical News from the US National Library of Medecine
PARKINSN Archives Search - from the "James" site
PD News how to subscribe to this digest of the most important announcements

Sites for Seniors

www.geriantics.com.au
www.seniorlink.com.au

Speech / Swallowing

Parkinson's Disease: Speaking Out full text of the NPF booklet
Introduction To Speech & Swallowing Problems Associated With PD full text of the NPF publication

Treatment

Treatment Methods a news sheet from the National Parkinson Foundation of Miami
Surgery For Parkinson's Disease a paper by Dr Abraham Lieberman published by the NPF
Deep Brain Stimulation For The Treatment of PD a paper by Dr William Koller published by the NPF
Surgery For Parkinson's Disease published by the NPF
Functional & Stereotactic Surgery a site run by the Harvard Medical School
The NPF's Surgery Site

Young Parkinson's

The Arlette Johnson Young Parkinson's Information & Referral Centre an American Parkinsons Disease Association site
Young Parkinson's Handbook the complete text of Arlette Johnson's book