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PPSG
Board Meetings
We
welcome anyone to drop by our board meetings and share
ideas with us! We meet on the 3rd Wednesday of the
month between 1:30 and 3:30 PM at the Parkinson’s
Institute in Sunnyvale. To confirm holiday meeting dates
and time, please call the PPSG office at 408-734-1593.
Thank
you so much for your donations!
Please
use return address labels, to help us acknowledge your
donations properly.
If
you have any items
for sale or donation,
such as exercise equipment, wheelchairs, etc., please
write to PPSG, call us at 408-734-1593, or e-mail PPSGinfo@yahoo.com.
Berkeley
The
group meets on the 3rd Monday of the month at the
Northbrae Community Church (new location), at 941
The Alamede, Berkeley, from 10:00 AM-12:00
noon.For information, call Mitzi Cahn at 510-527-9075.
Berryessa
The
group meets at Berryessa Community Center, 3050 Berryessa
Rd., San Jose, on the 1st Wednesday of the month, 12:30-2
PM.
Contact:
Bob and Jane Pomeroy at 408-263-8485.
Daly City
The
Daly City Support Group meets on the 1st
Tuesday
of the month, from 3:00 to 4:00 PM, at
Doelger Senior Center, 101 Lake Merced Blvd., Daly City.
For Support Group information, please contact Leonard
Ke at 415-587-1285.
Fremont
Our
November breakfast meeting was held on Tuesday, November
18, at 10:30 am, at Cabrillo Park Café, 4673 Thornton
Avenue, Fremont. If you need any information on the
breakfast meetings, please contact Rex and Glo
Denton, at 510-792-2242.
There
will be NO regular meeting in December.
On
Wednesday, December 10, Buz and Dorothy Crain,
invite us to a Christmas Party, at 7 PM.,
at the Hungry Hunter Restaurant, 5339 Mowry Avenue,
Fremont. Special thanks to the Crains for their
generosity!
The
Fremont Support Group meetings are held on the 4th
Monday of
the month, at 7:00 PM, at the Fremont Senior
Center, 40086 Paseo Padre Parkway, Fremont.
If
you have any questions, please call Lettie Webb at 510-656-6393
or Bob Coon at 510-794-7988.
Fremont
Caregivers
For
information regarding the caregiver program in Fremont,
please contact Nancy Rothschild, Caregiver Project
Coordinator, at (510) 494-4268.
Hollister
Our
November speaker was Dorothy Davidson, from Community
Relations for “Matched Caregivers.” She brought with
her several representatives from Northern California
Private Provider Network (NCPPN). She talked about
educating seniors on what to take into consideration when
getting help for Home Health Care.
The
Hollister Support Group meets on the 1st
Tuesday
of every month, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, at First
Presbyterian Church, 2066 Cienega Road, Hollister.
Please
contact John Skinner at 831-637-6755, or Shirley
Kennedy at 831- 637-3839.
Deadline
for the Jan./Feb. 2004 support
group newsletter is Friday, January 9. Articles of
contribution must be received by PPSG by the above
date. Thanks.
Magnolia-Peninsula
December
11
Speaker:
Daljit Johl, PharmD
Discussion
of Parkinson’s related medications
January
8, 2004
Speaker:
Theo Palmer, PhD
Asst.
Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford Medical Center
February
12, 2004
Speaker:
Ruth O’Hara, PhD
Asst.
Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford Medical Center
Will
discuss depression and other psychiatric aspects of
Parkinson’s
The
Magnolia-Peninsula Parkinson’s Support Group meets on the
2nd Thursday
of each month, at 1:30 PM, in the West conference
room at The Magnolia of Millbrae apartment complex,
located at 201 Chadbourne Avenue, corner of Magnolia,
Millbrae.
For
information call Leon Rosenthal at 650-348-3480.
Marin
County
November
25:
Donna Schrempp, Family Caregiver Alliance.
No
meeting in December.
The
Marin Parkinson’s Support Group meets on the 4th
Tuesday
afternoon of most months, from 2 to 4 PM,
at The Redwoods auditorium, 40 Camino Alto, Mill Valley.
The telephone number for The Redwoods is 415-383-2741. For
information about the meeting, please contact Gloria
Rasti, at 415-381-6680.
Monterey
We
meet at the S.H.A.R.E Room, at Monterey Adult School, 200
Coe Ave., Seaside. The group meets on the 3rd Monday
of the month, from 2:30 to 4:00 PM.
For
further information, please call Kathy Warthan at 831-372-7510
or Helen Garrett at 831-657-4241.
Mt.
Diablo Parkinson’s Network
Basic
meeting: Meets on second Mondays from 11AM – 2:30PM
at Grace Presbyterian Church, 2100 Tice Valley Blvd.,
Walnut Creek. The meeting includes a speaker, light lunch,
exercise, and discussion groups. Contact Margy Hansell
at 925-939-4210.
Early
Onset Support Group: Meets on third Saturdays
from 10AM – noon at Grace Presbyterian Church,
2100 Tice Valley Blvd., Walnut Creek. Contact Nancy
Wall at 510-236-7065, or Philip Wheeler
at 510-527-3588.
Caregivers
Support Group: Meets on last Wednesdays at Jewel
Wallach’s in Rossmoor, Walnut Creek. Call for time
and address at 510-236-7065.
Pleasanton
Tri-Valley Support Group: Meets on second Saturdays,
10AM – noon at Senior Center, 5353 Sunol Blvd.,
Pleasanton. Contact Sal Vepa at 925-462-5838.
Oakland
In
our December 4 meeting, we are looking forward to
having with us Lynn Vail, a nurse practitioner. Lynn has
explored alternative medical approaches, including living
Native American style for seven years, learning their
healing practices.
Because
the first Thursday of January 2004 is on New Year’s Day,
we will meet on January 8. We are pleased that we
have been promised a staff person of the Parkinson’s
Institute in Sunnyvale to tell us about its many research
and treatment programs. Our next two meetings are
scheduled on: Thursday, December 4, and Thursday, January
8.
For
our February 5 meeting, we are pleased to announce that
Howard Lunche will lead a period of personal exploration
and sharing about the changes brought into our lives by
Parkinson’s. Mr. Lunche is a licensed clinical social
worker with many years of experience in dealing with
hospice care and facing loss.
The
Oakland Support Group meets on the 1st
Thursday
of the month, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM at the
Easter Seals Bay Area, 180 Grand Avenue, Suite 300,
Oakland. For
further information please call Robert Lemon at 510-526-2078.
We thank Pharmacia & Upjohn and Boehringer
Ingelheim Pharmaceuticals for their generous support of
this meeting.
Palo
Alto
On
November 12, Elaine Lanier, Clinical Research Manager, San
Francisco VA Medical Center and Susan Heath, Clinical
Nurse, Specialist in neuro-surgery and movement disorder,
came to speak to our group. The topics: non-motor symptoms
of Parkinson’s disease, The San Francisco VA
Parkinson’s Center, and Deep Brain Stimulation Surgery.
On
December 10, the speakers for our meeting are Mwezo
Kudumu and Jane Kerr.
The
topic: Tai Chi for Parkinson’s
On
January 14, 2004, the speaker for our meeting is
Patricia Kearney of Stanford Medical Center. Ms. Kearney
is a Parkinson’s Nutrition specialist.
The
topic: Maximizing Your Health Through Diet
On
February 11, 2004, the speaker will be Lynn
Fieldstein, a Parkinsonian Advocate.
The topic: The Politics of
Parkinson’s Disease
The
Palo Alto Support Group meetings are held on the 2nd
Wednesday
of the month, from 2:00 to 3:30 PM, at Avenidas
(the Palo Alto Senior Center), in the dining room (La
Comida), 450 Bryant St., Palo Alto. For meetings
information call Linda Chen, at 650-493-9095. For directions,
call (650) 326-5362.
Did
I say that???
Police
in Los Angeles had good luck with a rubbery suspect who
just couldn’t control himself during a lineup.
When
detectives asked each man in the lineup to repeat the
words, “Give me all your money or I’ll shoot,” the
man shouted, “that’s not what I said!”
Disclaimer
This
document is published to promote a greater awareness of
the problems caused by Parkinson’s disease. Neither the
Peninsula Parkinson’s Support Groups, Inc., its members
and employees, nor the individuals involved in its
production make any warranty, express or implied, assume
any liability or responsibility for accuracy,
completeness, or usefulness of any information or
represent that it will not infringe privately owned
rights. Mention of any product, material, or service shall
not, nor is it intended to, imply approval, disapproval,
or fitness for any particular use.
Redwood
City
PPAP-Positive
People Against Parkinson’s-meets on the 3rd
Friday
of each month, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM,
at Sequoia Health & Wellness Center, 702 Marshall
Street, Redwood City. Parking available in the rear. For
more information, call the Sequoia Center at 650-367-5998.
Salinas
The
Salinas Support Group meets every 4th
Wednesday of the month, from 2:00 to 3:30
PM at The Salinas Adult School, 20 Sherwood Place,
Salinas. For further information, please call Elaine
Viens (new contact), at Delmar Research, 831-424-4359
x 10.
San
Francisco
The
San Francisco Support Group meets on the third
Tuesday
of the month, from 2 to 4 PM, at Christ
Church Lutheran, 1090 Quintara Street (at 20th
Avenue), San Francisco. For more information, call Julie
Hevezi at 415-476-9276.
San
Jose
Vivian
Silva, a social worker, who teaches at San Jose State
University on science of dealing with elderly, came to
speak to our group in November.
December
6 brings
us once again to a great program from the ladies
singing group from Willows Senior Center. We all look
forward to this every year.
The
San Jose Support Group meets on the 1st
Friday
of the month at St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine
Avenue, San Jose, between 10:00 and 12:00 noon.
Please call Betty Havens at 408-269-2167.
San
Jose Caregivers
For
our Wednesday, November 27, meeting we are planning
to meet at Flames Coffee Shop of San Jose for lunch
and discussion, at 12:30 PM.
The restaurant is located at 1812 Hillsdale Avenue, San
Jose, across from Target, and the cross street is
Ross. The phone number of the restaurant is 408-723-8393.
The San Jose Caregivers Support Group usually meets on the
4th Wednesday of the month, from 1:30- 3:30 PM at
St. Francis Episcopal Church, 1205 Pine Avenue, San Jose.
Please come to the meetings, we can learn from one
another! For information, call Dr. Linda Filice at 408-978-2859.
San
Mateo Caregivers
The
group meets on the 1st Wednesday of the month, from
2:30 to 4:30 PM (new time), Ellsworth Room,
100 San Mateo Drive, San Mateo. Call Mills Health
Center, at 800-654-9966.
Santa
Cruz
The
Santa Cruz Support Group meets on the 1st Wednesday
of the month at St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, 2500
Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz, from 12:30 to 2:00 PM.
For information, please call David Donahoe (new leader)
at 831-479-4485.
Saratoga
The
Saratoga Support Group meets on the 3rd Tuesday
of the month at 19449 Via Real, Saratoga, from 2:00
to 4:00 PM. For information, please call Lois
McPherson at 408-867-1807.
Sonoma
County
The
Sonoma County Support Group meets on the 1st Saturday
of the month, except July, September, and January, from 1-3
PM, at YMCA, 1111 College Avenue, Santa Rosa. For
information, contact Davis Brown at 707-538-4952.
Sunnyvale
On
November 12, Glenda Cresap, Director, Heart of
the Valley, Services for Seniors, Inc., spoke to us
about the services available at her organization.
On December 10, specialists at the Wound Care
Clinic of O’Connor Hospital, San Jose, will come to talk
about wound caring. Also, Marilyn Basham,
noted Physical Therapist, who worked at the Parkinson’s
Institute, will talk to us on tips about getting mobile.
The Sunnyvale Support Group meets on the 2nd Wednesday
of the month between 1:00 and 3:00 PM at the
First United Methodist Church, 535 Old San Francisco Road,
Sunnyvale. For information, please call Dr. Linda
Filice at 408-978-2859.
Tulare-Kings
(formerly
Visalia)
The
Tulare-Kings group meets on the 1st Friday of the
month, at 10:00 AM, at Visalia United Methodist
Church, 5200 W. Caldwell Avenue, Visalia, CA 93277.
For more information, please contact Mary Dickerson (new
leader), at 559-622-9044.
Newly
Diagnosed? Have
Questions? Need
Help?
Come Join Us!
By Davis Brown
Sonoma County
Parkinson’s
Support Group
Outreach/Programs/General
Info: Sue Croel (707) 544-5151
Group Facilitator:
Davis Brown (707) 538-4952
The
Parkinson’s Support Group of Sonoma County (PSG-SC)
meets from 1:00 to 3:00 pm on the first Saturday of
each month (except January, July, and September).
Until recently the group has met for many years at the
Santa Rosa Family YMCA. However, because of its own
membership growth, the Y cannot regularly provide a second
room to support our Group’s new meeting format, i.e.,
one hour all together for a program (speaker, Q&A,
etc.), and one hour split into two informal groups.
Caregivers adjourn to an adjacent room or space to discuss
among themselves topics of current concern, while the
People with Parkinsons (PWPs) remain in the main meeting
room to share recent experiences, ask questions, and
discuss the various individual paths along which PD has
been leading. This “split” hour may come before or
after the program hour. To learn beforehand the program
and/or format for a particular meeting, call our Programs
and Outreach Coordinator, Sue Croel, (707) 544-5151. (Our
members are notified by e-mail or phone call the week
before each meeting.)
Near-Future
Meeting Places and Programs (ALL IN SANTA ROSA) are:
Saturday,
Dec 6, 2003
-
Integrative Medical Clinic, 175 Concourse Blvd @ Airport
Blvd
HOLIDAYS PARTY (ok to bring goodies)! Briefings & Facilities Tour by IMC staff
Saturday,
Jan 3. 2004
- NO MEETING —
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Saturday,
Feb 7. 2004
- First Methodist Church, 1551 Montogomery Dr (Fellowship Hall)
SPEAKER: Elise
Stone (Speech Therapist at Queen of the Valley Hospital,
Napa)
Under
our umbrella, smaller “Sub-Groups” also meet around
Sonoma County:
All
are welcome; please call ahead to confirm time / locations—phones
are area code (707)]
Oakmont
and Surrounding Area:
3rd
Saturday monthly — June & Bill Court (539-9135)
Cotati/Rohnert
Pk/Sonoma State:
3rd
Saturday monthly — Wes & Louise Ebert (795-6520)
Larkfield/Windsor/North
Area:
2nd
Saturday monthly — Bill & Jeri Wylie (544-5329) and
Jean
& Bud Suitor (546-4012)
West
Santa Rosa/County Area:
(currently dormant) — Dorothea/Gene Rowden
(579-4740)
Men’s
Breakfast Club @ IHOP:
Every other Fri (8:30) — Bill Court (539-9135)
Mil
Veterans & Civil Aviation: (under
development) —
Davis Brown (538-4952)
Highlights
of recent Sonoma County PSG meetings:
Our
October meeting (last at the Y?) became very special when
we had a surprise visit from Joan Samuelson, founder and
president of the Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN). Joan
lives in Healdsburg and has been a member of our support
group for many years, even though her schedule rarely
allows her to attend our meetings.
Arriving during our “split hour,” Joan visited
informally with each group, where she explained PAN’s
current advocacy efforts and answered many questions, both
about PAN and about her own “travels with PD” over the
past 16 years. Earlier, before Joan’s arrival, one of
our newer members, Frank Crabbe, gave us a short briefing
on his recent Deep Brain Stimulation implant surgery at
Kaiser Sacramento. He felt so good within a day after the
operation, said Frank, that literally on his way home from
the hospital, with his head still swathed in bandages, he
asked his wife Shirley to stop as they passed Oakmont so
he could “show and tell” his experience to our PSG
sub-group — which by chance was meeting then. (Postscript:
Shortly before our November meeting, Frank returned
to Sacramento to get his system “turned on.” Since
then he estimates he’s regained a remarkable 70% of his
pre-PD functionality — and hopes for even more after
going back again later in the month for “fine tuning.”
Not only does Frank promise to give us ongoing
reports, he also has volunteered to participate on both
our PSG Steering Committee and the North Bay Support
Center Working Group!
Way to go, Frank! We look forward to your continuing contributions, enthusiasm,
and positive attitude!!
In
November, for
our first meeting away from the Y, we met
at the Brighton Gardens Assisted Living Community.
This location was chosen to honor Bud
Davis, an early member and previous Facilitator of
our Support Group, who now lives at “The Gardens.”
We were most pleased to have Bud’s wife and sister join
in our recognition of his past service. The overflow crowd
of 50-60 members wished Bud continued success in his
transition from “Pilot in Command” to “(Wheel)
Chairman of Brighton!” Our first hour then continued
with a short presentation on the local Friends’ House
Adult Day Care program and a progress report regarding our
ongoing efforts to develop a North Bay Parkinson’s
Support Center. (The first potential element of that
Center, up and running since last spring, is a special Exercise
Class for PWPs every Thursday noon at Memorial
Hospital Sotoyome Campus. THEY NEED MORE PARTICIPANTS!
It’s a fun hour and most beneficial; call Barbara
at (707) 543-2571 to join.) A
break to sample the excellent Brighton-furnished
refreshments then preceded our “split” period.
Finally, we reassembled for the climax to our
afternoon — a conducted tour of Brighton’s various
assisted living residential apartments, nursing
accommodations, and other most-attractive facilities. Our
thanks to all the Brighton staff for hosting us so well!
Turlock
The
Turlock Support Group meets on the 1st Thursday of
the month, from 2-3 PM at Emanuel Hospital, Delbon
Street, Turlock. For further information, please call Marion
Johnson at 209-634-3157 or Jean Okuye at
209-394-2421.
YOPD
(for
patients under age 50)
The
group meets in the Board Room of Lucile Packard
Children’s Hospital, at 725 Welch Road, Palo Alto, CA,
on 2nd
Tuesday of every month, from 6:30 to 8 PM.
For information, please call Bill Lev at 831-662-3825.
YPSG
Our
October meeting featured Lynn Fielder’s mom, Sonia
Erickson, who gave a delightful and informative talk
on Informed Consent. She even brought the necessary
forms to ensure that one’s final wishes be carried out,
whether or not the person wants o be kept alive.
Well,
on November 8 we moved to what we hope will be our new
permanent meeting place, the United Methodist Church of
Los Altos. We meet in the Live Oak Room.
We’ve
rented a half dozen Saint Bernards to find you if you ever
get lost. These are very motivated dogs. They might even
find you if you don’t get lost.
The
Young Parkinson’s Support Group meets on the 2nd
Saturday of the month, between 10:00 AM and 12:00
noon at the Live Oak Room, at United
Methodist Church of Los Altos, Foothill Expressway and
Magdalena Avenue, Los Altos. For information, contact Rich
Brongel at 650-952-3849, or rbrongel@ccsf.edu
Joan’s
Famous Mashed Potatoes
By Joan Sullentrop
Can
use instant potatoes.
Use
the amount according to the box.
For
16 people use 3 eggs; for 8 people use 1 egg.
For
16 use 1 onion chopped; for 8 use 1/4 onion chopped.
Use
2 Tbs of flour for either number of people.
For
16 people use 8 oz softened cream cheese.
For
8 people use 3 oz softened cream cheese.
Mix
all ingredients and put in buttered casserole dish.
Heat
1 hour at 350 degrees.
May
be made ahead of time and placed in refrigerator, then
take
out 1/2 hour before putting in the oven.
Joan made this
delicious mashed potatoes at the Sunnyvale support
group’s Christmas Party last year. She and her husband,
Fred, are members of the Sunnyvale support group. Fred was
diagnosed with PSP (Progressive Supranuclear Palsy). Joan
was a Microbiologist and worked in the lab, and Fred
worked as a Mechanical/Chemical/Aeronautical Engineer. The
Sullentrops attend exercises designed for Parkinson’s
patients at the new Sunnyvale Senior Center on Tuesdays
and Thursdays, as well as the classes at De Anza College,
Cupertino.
During
summer and winter breaks of the exercise classes, Joan and
other volunteers take turns leading fellow exercise
classmates in a local park, in order to keep everyone in
shape. This summer, Joan even made a special effort to
keep the usual classroom at the Senior Center available,
so that the class could continue during the break. Thanks
so much Joan.
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