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 […]
Let’s move forward together: PML presents its XMAS calendar!
The countdown to the holidays has begun and for the occasion, the Parkinson’s Montreal-Laval team is pleased to offer you its XMAS calendar. Every day, visit our website or our social networks to discover a new box that will reveal stories, useful information and many other surprises! With this XMAS calendar, we would like to […]
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, […]
Roll up your sleeves with the Bike Challenge
Do You Know? Once again this year, pedaling will help a good cause! The Bike Challenge, proposed by Parkinson Quebec, is back with its 11th edition, which takes place online from June 10 to October 13, 2021. Participating in this challenge and becoming a Pedallian is an active commitment to the well-being of the 100,000 […]
Connected and mobilized: the activity report is available!
If the health crisis has somewhat changed the way of doing things, it has fortunately not had any impact on the services offered. Indeed, whether by phone, by videoconference or by e-mail, the entire team of Parkinson Montreal-Laval remained mobilized to provide people living with the disease and their caregivers with the services and support […]
Together it’s better: on the road with TANDEM
Parkinson Montreal-Laval launches its new twinning program Successful challenge for the twinning project! After a 3-month pilot project this winter, which enabled 10 twinning pairs to be set up, Parkinson Montréal-Laval is taking things to the next level with TANDEM, a twinning program between two persons living with Parkinson’s disease. The concept? To bring together […]
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 […]
A daily rhythm with Parkinson’s
3 questions to Yvan Demers who has been living with Parkinson’s for 6 years On International Dance Day, we met with Yvan Demers, a dance passionate who talks about his daily life with Parkinson’s disease with poetry and humor. He delivers a touching and inspiring story with a nice dose of good mood. To begin, […]
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 […]
