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NAoS trustee Claire Stevens speaks at Parkinson’s UK’s PAR-CON

This month NAoS trustee, Claire Stevens, had the pleasure of speaking at Parkinson’s UK’s PAR-CON conference, a two day in-person and online event shaped by and for people with Parkinson’s and their carers/families.

Claire was part of the Hidden Symptoms session, giving a carer’s insight into what receiving a diagnosis of Parkinson’s and then Lewy Bodies dementia had been like for Claire and her husband. A total of 500 people watched the session and Claire has received positive feedback from the across the Parkinson’s community; there are even plans for a recording of the session to be used in upcoming lectures for medical students at the University of Dundee.

Claire was joined by Emma Edwards, a specialist Parkinson’s nurse, and Dr Robin Fackrell, a leading Parkinson’s clinician, in the Hidden Symptoms session. It is now available to watch on Parkinson’s UK YouTube channel here: PAR-CON 2024: Hidden Symptoms Session

You can also watch all of the PAR-CON sessions from across the two days on Parkinson’s UK YouTube channel here: PAR-CON 2024