Living Well with Parkinson's (eBook)

GLENNA WOTTON ATWOOD, a former home economics teacher from Maine, lived with Parkinson's for over two decades. LILA GREEN HUNNEWELL is a freelance writer and editor.ROXANNE MOORE SAUCIER is a journalist with the Bangor Daily News.

Foreword by Dr. Robert G. Feldman.Preface to the Second Edition by Blaine Atwood.Preface to the First Edition.Acknowledgments.Chapter 1: Do Not Disturb!Chapter 2: It’s Not Fair!Chapter 3: Coping with Frustration: Practical Suggestions for Everyday Living.Chapter 4: Nutrition That Affects Our Lives.Chapter 5: Exercise, the Means to an Active Life.Chapter 6: Attitude Makes All the Difference.Chapter 7: Doctors and Other Health Professionals.Chapter 8: Medications and Therapies.Chapter 9: Spouses—Special and Otherwise.Chapter 10: Relationships with Our Adult Children.Chapter 11: Out of the Mouths of Babes . . . .Chapter 12: One Day at a Time!Chapter 13: With a Little Help from My Family and Friends.Chapter 14: Support Groups: Where You Learn What Your Doctor Hasn’t Time to Tell You!Chapter 15: Is There Life with Parkinson’s?Appendix A: Parkinson’s Self-Help Organizations in the United States.Appendix B: American Parkinson Disease Association Information and Referral Centers.Appendix C: Parkinson’s Organizations in Canada.Appendix D: Sources of Adaptive Equipment, Clothing, and Other Good Things.Appendix E: Bibliography for Chapter 8: Medications and Therapies.Appendix F: General Bibliography (Not Including Sources for Chapter 8).Index.