CORONAVIRUS And Vaccinations Update
IT IS REALLY IMPORTANT THAT YOU GET THE VACCINE AND ENCOURAGE ALL IN YOUR FAMILY TO DO THE SAME. It protects you and them.
Our Clinical Director, Dr Donald Grosset, advises: “The vaccine is safe for people with Parkinson’s. There is no interaction with Parkinson’s medication. Parkinson’s is specifically included as one of the conditions that is in a ‘clinical risk group’ and every adult with Parkinson’s should get the vaccine.”
Remember the first vaccine does not give you full protection-you need to have BOTH doses and the booster to get the higher level of immunity, so make sure you go back for all the injections.
There may be further boosters offered from time to time. It is important that you take up any offers to protect both you and our members.
EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES
We are pleased to announce that all of our activities and events have resumed following the pandemic, although we do ask that people, who have covid symptoms, do not attend until they are better, to protect the health or our membership. Please look at our events pages and newsletters for the diary and news of outings. We also have a facebook page (Rugby Parkinsons Group) where news is given.
Parkinsons Help line
There are lots of questions and concerns that crop up in your parkinson’s journey, and clinic appointments can feel a long way off sometimes. Parkinsons UK have a helpline that is designed to answer all those questions and concerns as quickly as possible and can be called by people with Parkinsons and their families. It may be questions about a symptom, a treatment, finance, a day to day coping problem getting around, or you just need a bit of emotional support. The line is manned by specialists, who, if they cannot answer will connect you to a specialist who can, or arrange a face to face meeting with a local advisor.
Phone 0808 800 0303 Mon-Fri 9am-7pm and Sat 10am-2pm
or e-mail hello@parkinsons.og.uk
FACEBOOK SITE.
We now have a facebook site that can be found by searching for Rugby Parkinsons Group. Please join and find online exercise videos, things to do, have a chat and ask questions.