The Parkinson's Piedmont Support Group consists of individuals who are bound together by a relationship
to the terrible disease of Parkinson's -- whether personally suffering or with a loved one who has been
diagnosed with the disease.

We meet together to share experiences and information and learn new things about
the disease and the many ways that exist to make life better for those affected.

We also have a sub-group that is dedicated to the Caregivers (aka Care-Partners) and
provides assistance to them as they take on the ever increasing burden of care for
their loved ones.

The links shown on the grey buttons above will take you to various parts of this site where there is considerably
more indepth information about the group.

If you or a loved one is suffering with Parkinson's and you feel the need to reach out
for help, we encourage you to come to one of our monthly meetings and learn about
ways you might be able to ease the burden on yourself and others.

There is no cost or obligation to joining our group. Come if and when you can.

We hope to see you soon.

We are a community of individuals from Northern Virginia who have come together
with the common bond of being related through Parkinsons Disease.

We come from different places, different backgrounds, different situations and different
levels of understanding, but making common cause against this terrible disease.

We are people with Parkinsons, we are family members, we are care partners and care givers,
we are amateurs, and we are all kinds of people who are linked to this terrible disease.

We are caring, we are thoughtful, we are helpful, we are dedicated to our people with
Parkinson, and yes, we are often exhausted from working hard at our objectives – sometimes
with little reward.

We are constantly searching for ways to make life easier for our people, we are filled with
compassion and understanding of the travail of those who are suffering, and we are eager
to grasp at anything that can, could or even might possibly improve the situation.

We are realists and understand that we are more often than not in the long run we are
trying to make things better while pushing against the tide.

We are relentless in our efforts to compensate for things that overwhelm our people and
ourselves, but…

We never give up!

At the most rudimentary level our primary objectives are to share, to communicate,
to impart, to explain, to encourage, to celebrate, to empathize, to network and to educate.

We come together to exchange ideas and information, to tell of our own experiences
and learn how those relate to the experiences of others, to enlighten each other with information
about discoveries, treatments, recommendations, medications, and approaches, to ask questions,
to discuss ways of compensating, to talk about successes and failures and promising and
disappointing aspects of the pursuit of a better life with Parkinson.

We raise awareness of common cause and let our members know and understand that they
and their loved ones are not alone, are not facing what may appear as insurmountable obstacles
all by themselves, are not the first nor the last to tread this path, but being comforted in knowing
that theirs is not a unique, lonely and solitary journey.

We share openly, we discuss openly, we allow for unburdening in a safe and caring and non-clinical
environment where everyone has some understanding of various aspects of this progressive disease
and thereby holds a better appreciation of what others are going through.

Most of all we provide a collegial environment for expressing our deepest inner thoughts and
feelings about the journey that we are all sharing in one way or another, and to take comfort in the
support of many who will gladly go out of their way to assist wherever and whenever possible,
be they members of the group or outsiders.

We meet the fourth Wednesday of every month

at the Cornerstone Baptist Church

40 Rock Pointe Lane, Suite 101

Warrenton, VA 20186

12:15 pm-2:00 pm.

Please Note: Cornerstone Baptist Church is located inside of an office building. It is not a traditional church building.

James Parkinson  (11 April 1755 – 21 December 1824) was an English surgeon, apothecary, geologist, palaeontologist and political activist. He is best known for his 1817 work An Essay on the Shaking Palsy, in which he was the first to describe "paralysis agitans", a condition that would later be renamed Parkinson's Disease by Jean-Martin Charcot who was also the first to suggest the use of the term “Parkinson's disease” rejecting the earlier designation of paralysis agitans or shaking palsy, because he recognized that Parkinson's disease patients are not markedly weak and do not necessarily have tremor. There are no known photographs of Dr. Parkinson as he died before photography was in regular use.