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April 1 marks the beginning of Parkinson’s Awareness Month and we’re proud to be starting the month by representing Canada at this year’s AD/PD™ 2025 International Conference on Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s Diseases. This annual meeting brings together world-leading medical and scientific professionals to discuss the latest research and treatments of Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and other related […]

Description At Rhythmic Rehab we provide neurologic rehabilitation services across the lifespan in-home in Cambridge, ON and online Ontario wide. We specialize in Neurologic Music Therapy®, an evidence-based clinical treatment system used to train and retrain non-musical brain behavior and function in the domains of cognition, sensorimotor and speech and language. We help patients with […]

TORONTO, ON, March 26, 2019—Whether you are newly diagnosed with Parkinson’s or the care partner to someone in their third decade of living with this life-changing disease, timely information, care and treatments makes the difference between living well and experiencing hardship. This April, during Parkinson Awareness Month, Parkinson Canada wants Canadians to know that they can […]

A stem cell-based therapy for the treatment of motor symptoms in Parkinson’s, AMCHEPRY® (raguneprocel), has received conditional, limited approval for use in Japan. This therapy is designed to replace dopamine-producing brain cells that are lost in Parkinson’s. It is only available to eligible patients being treated within the Japanese health care system. The decision was […]

Parkinson Canada, the Dystonia Medical Research Foundation Canada, and the Huntington Society of Canada are pleased to launch the Clinical Movement Disorders Fellowship Program. This collaborative initiative brings together three of Canada’s leading movement disorder organizations to address the critical shortage of specialized clinicians trained in the comprehensive care of complex neurological conditions. The partnership […]

Institutional stigma, sometimes called structural stigma, is responsible for a great deal of the preconceived notions we hold about others who live with conditions we don’t experience ourselves. These steadfast opinions have direct impacts on the laws and policies within society’s institutions, like our schools, workplaces, places of businesses, places of worship, hospitals, government and […]

With more than 100,000 Canadians living with Parkinson’s and many more touched by the disease having known a loved one, friend or co-worker diagnosed, the need to hear from those affected is critical. We are pleased to share some details of our Parkinson Canada Advocacy Roundtable meetings where we heard from more than 150 community […]

Gaps in healthcare provider education, care coordination and access to care and treatments are top priorities for Parkinson’s community Parkinson Canada’s National Roundtable Report launches today. More than 150 community members, including people with Parkinson’s, care partners, community organizations, healthcare specialists and government officials from across Canada participated in a nine-part series of roundtable discussions, […]