Our team is growing: welcome to Marie!
The Parkinson Montreal-Laval team is very pleased to welcome Marie Corbeil as a caregiver advisor. Dynamic and committed, Marie joins the team with a great experience in the field of health and research and a great motivation to best meet the needs of caregivers. In order to get to know her, Marie agreed to answer […]
Parkinson’s Journey: a marathon of donations!
What a journey we have made since the Parkinson’s Journey was launched last June! The finish line has been successfully crossed! The participants and donors showed great energy and endurance. Thanks to their involvement, the Parcours Parkinson allowed Parkinson Montréal-Laval to collect $24,104 in donations. While this year again we had to adapt to the […]
Parkinson’s Journey: Claudie took up the challenge!
Congratulations to Claudie Séguin who has successfully met the challenge she set herself as part of the Parkinson’s Journey 2021! After several months of preparation (and despite a few unforeseen difficulties), Claudie completed a 25-kilometer run, followed by a 5-kilometer walk with her father who lives with Parkinson’s disease. Her motivation, commitment and determination enabled […]
New service – Sign up for meditation and chair yoga workshops
To start the year off right, Parkinson Montreal-Laval is pleased to offer a new series of 5 meditation and chair yoga workshops starting September 13. Led by Marie-Pier Leclerc, these workshops offer a well-balanced combination of mindfulness (meditation) and gentle movement (chair yoga). Participants will become aware of their bodies, in movement and at rest, […]
Job opportunity – Become our new Caregiver Advisor
Information about the organization Parkinson Montreal-Laval (PML) is a charitable organization whose mission is to improve the well-being of people living with Parkinson’s disease and their loved ones by offering support, information and training services. Position Summary The caregiver advisor for people living with Parkinson’s disease will be the resource person for this target clientele […]
Connect’Aide: virtual meetings but real connections
Launch of a new tablet lending service for caregivers Let’s stay connected with Connect’Aide, a new electronic tablet lending service for caregivers of people living with Parkinson’s disease. It is the result of a collaboration between Parkinson Montréal-Laval, La Coop Ressource Informatique and La Puce Informatique. 8 caregivers from the Montreal area will benefit from […]
Caregivers: don’t be isolated to better help
3 questions to Judith Gay, caregiver to her husband for 18 years Did you know that? In the greater Montreal area, more than 10,000 people are living with Parkinson’s disease, but 40,000 people are affected if we count the caregivers. The role of caregiver is often a natural one, but it is also associated with […]
Exclusive – Support Group for Caregivers (EN) open to all!
Save the date! Next Thursday, April 15, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. Marie-Pier Leclerc, a teacher and trainer who is passionate about well-being and mental and physical health, will be the special guest of the English support group. To allow as many people as possible to share this moment with this sparkling personality and to exchange […]
Committed to providing appropriate care
3 questions to Stéphanie Langlois, physiotherapist in neurology at Kinatex Sports Physio Ste-Rose April 7th is World Health Day, an opportunity for Parkinson’s Montreal-Laval to thank all the health professionals who are committed to providing people living with the disease with adapted care and thus enabling them to maintain their quality of life. To talk […]
Recent diagnosis – Individualized meeting for diagnosed persons and their relatives
Have you just learned that Parkinson’s disease will now be part of your life? Many questions running through your mind? How to preserve your quality of life? How to look to the future? How to better face this disease? And given all this, where to start? It is perfectly normal to have questions and concerns. […]
