National Parkinson Foundation: NPF Aware in Care
   The National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) has launched a national program, Aware in Care,
   which aims to help people with Parkinson’s disease get the best care possible during a hospital
   stay. According to a recent study, three out of four people with Parkinson’s do not receive their
   medications on time when staying in the hospital. With more frequent hospital visits and a high
   sensitivity to the timing and dosing of Parkinson’s medications, people with Parkinson’s face
   great risks in the hospital.
   To protect, prepare and empower people with Parkinson’s before, during and after a hospital
   visit, NPF has developed a free Aware in Care kit with tools and information to share with
   hospital staff during a planned or emergency hospital stay.
http://www.awareincare.org/

Movement Disorders Health Professionals Special Interest Group 
   Mission: To establish within The Movement Disorder Society an international interdisciplinary
   focus group of professionals in counseling, nursing, rehabilitation and genetics, who enrich and
   broaden the scope of care, management and research initiatives in Movement Disorders.
http://www.movementdisorders.org/health_professionals/

History of Movement Disorder Nursing in the United States
   Contributed by Gwyn M. Vernon, MSN, CRNP and Lisette Bunting-Perry, PhD, RN
http://www.movementdisorders.org/health_professionals/nursing_history.php

The Movement Disorders Nurse Specialist
http://www.movementdisorders.org/health_professionals/nursing.php

Online course: “PD Across the Lifespan: A Roadmap for Nurses.”
   Nearly 5,000 people from 25 countries have registered for the course as of today. Please take
   a minute to listen to this short message from Gwyn Vernon, MSN, CRNP, one of the designers
   of the course and speakers in the program.

Parkinson's Disease Across the Lifespan: Roadmap for Nurses (http://support.pdf.org/nursing)

National Non-Profits, Educational and Advocacy Groups
American Parkinson Disease Association, Inc (APDA) (www.apdaparkinson.org/)
Davis Phinney Foundation http://www.davisphinneyfoundation.org
Deep Brain Stimulation (DBS-STN.org)  http://www.dbs-stn.org/
European Parkinson Disease Association (EPDA)  (www.epda.eu.com/)
National Parkinson Foundation (NPF) (www.parkinson.org/)
The Parkinson Alliance http://www.parkinsonalliance.org/
Parkinson’s Action Network (PAN)  http://www.parkinsonsaction.org/
Parkinson’s Disease Foundation (PDF) (www.pdf.org/)
Patients Like Me http://www.patientslikeme.com/parkinsons/patients
We Move www.wemove.org/

Professional Organizations
American Academy of Neurology (AAN)  http://www.aan.com/
American Association of Neuroscience Nurses (AANN) (www.aann.org/)
American Neurological Association (ANA) http://www.aneuroa.org/
Movement Disorder Society (MDS) http://www.movementdisorders.org/about/

Research
The Michael J. Fox Foundation http://www.michaeljfox.org/
PD Trials http://www.pdtrials.org/
The Parkinson Study Group (PSG) http://www.parkinson-study-group.org/
NIH Exploratory Trials in Parkinson's Disease (NET-PD) http://parkinsontrial.ninds.nih.gov/
23andMe Personal Genome Service  https://www.23andme.com/pd/
Parkinson’s Disease Research, Education and Clinical Centers (PADRECCs) http://www.parkinsons.va.gov/

Conferences and Events
Parkinson’s Unity Walk http://www.unitywalk.org/
World Parkinson Congress (www.worldpdcongress.org/)

Additional Resources:
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) (www.nursecredentialing.org)
The Parkinson’s Institute and Clinical Center (PI) http://www.thepi.org/
Edmond J. Safra Foundation http://www.edmondjsafra.org/