Parkinson's Support Group is promoting awareness

FALLBROOK – April is Parkinson's Awareness month and April 11 is World Parkinson's Day. There are an estimated 1 million people in the U.S. living with Parkinson's disease and more than 10 million worldwide. An American is diagnosed every 9 minutes.

To help the cause and join the fight, all are invited to help raise awareness, improve quality of life, and support community events, by giving to a local Parkinson's nonprofit, https://ncpsg.org/donate, or https://parkinsonsassociation.org/ or a national nonprofit, https://www.michaeljfox.org/donate or https://parkinson.org.

The Fallbrook Parkinson's Support Group is meeting, Friday April 23, 10 a.m. via Zoom. Guest speakers Seika Bishton and Anna Barker will talk about “Drumming Therapy for Cognitive Improvement.”

Bishton is a current music therapy intern at MusicWorx Inc. in San Diego. She completed her undergraduate degree in music therapy with a psychology minor at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. Her primary instrument is percussion, but she also enjoys playing guitar, piano, ukulele and singing.

Barker is also a current music therapy intern at MusicWorx Inc. Passionate about music and the brain, she holds a bachelor's in psychology from the University Wisconsin-Madison and completed her undergraduate coursework in music therapy from Alverno College. She enjoys playing viola, hiking and talking about Wisconsin culture.

This meeting is held in support of persons with Parkinson's disease, care partners and people interested in improving the world of those affected by Parkinson’s disease. There is no cost associated with this Zoom meeting.

Contact Irene at 760-731-0171, [email protected], or Caryl at [email protected] with any questions or concerns about joining a Zoom meeting or to request a Zoom invite if joining the group as a new attendee.

Fallbrook Parkinson's Support Group is an affiliate group of North County Parkinson's Support Group, https://ncpsg.org/.

Submitted by Fallbrook Parkinson’s Support Group.