On the occasion of the World Parkinson’s Day, the Greek Carers Network Epioni successfully organized on Tuesday, April 4, 2023, the informative event “Living with Parkinson’s, from diagnosis to treatment”.<\/p>\n
The event focused on the need for patients and their families to have access to more and better health services.<\/p>\n
The April 4, 2023 webinar was held with the support of the Laboratory of Hygiene and Epidemiology, Department of Public and Community Health, University of West Attica.<\/p>\n
Through short interventions, experts referred to Parkinson’s disease as well as to the daily life and treatment of people with this disease.<\/p>\n
Ms. Anastasia Tsigotzidou, Associate Professor of Anatomy, Department of Veterinary Medicine, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, will present the contribution of laboratory animals in the treatment of patients.<\/p>\n
Afterwards, Mrs. Chrysa Chryssovitsanou, Head of the Centre for Special Neurological Diseases of the Aeginetio Hospital, spoke about the management of everyday life, giving practical advice on the management of the disease.<\/p>\n
Mr. Antonis Papadimitriou, referred to PD Monitor<\/a> technology and what science has to offer. Mr. Yannis Vasilakos, co-founder of Pronoo\u00a0<\/a> talked about the Pronoo Care app for informal caregivers.<\/p>\n Ms. Tina A. Michaelidou, Relationship Blogger<\/a> shared her experience of caring for a relative with Parkinson’s.<\/p>\n Ms. Eleni Markogiannaki, Life Coach<\/a>, spoke about the power of connection through communication in the world of Dementia.<\/p>\n Finally, Mr. Zikos Kentros, Physiatrist<\/a> and Director of Rehabilitation Department “Henry Dunant Hospital Center”, spoke about complementary physical therapies of the disease.<\/p>\n The event took place in the framework of the Erasmus+ E-Care4PD project (Exchanging good practices in e-health care for adults with Parkinson’s and their family caregivers in Europe)<\/a>, in which we collaborate with Parkinson Madrid, Serbian Brain Council and Belgian Brain Council.<\/p>\n The Webinar of 4.04.2023 was co-funded by the European Union.<\/p>\n Communication sponsors are: www.psychologynow.gr https:\/\/healthdaily.gr and https:\/\/www.iatronet.gr\/<\/p>\n The programme can be found here<\/a><\/p>\n