Exercise for your brain
As the coronavirus impacts our lives, we need ways to care for ourselves and one another. Whether you are well-practiced in staying in, or making lots of changes to your daily life, the pandemic brings up many emotions. It is also a critical time to care for our nervous systems. In doing so, we strengthen our minds, bodies, and particularly our immune systems.
THE BATTLE KIT: COVID-19 AT HOME RESOURCES FOR CARE & CALM
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Attend Capital District PD Support Group virtual meeting https://www.cdparkinsons.org/next-meetings
Other things to keep you busy
Use Lynda Scrager’s book to “Age in Place – A Guide to Modifying, Organizing and Decluttering Mom and Dad’s Home” to make you home more safe.
Help the Library of Congress transcribe documents to make them searchable https://crowd.loc.gov/
Learn something new (or review things you knew) Khan Academy | Free Online Courses, Lessons & Practice. This video teaches about PD medications https://youtu.be/5hM8xUB07Y0 I enjoyed learning to make animations by coding in java script https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/computer-programming/programming
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Virtual Museum Tours – These 12 Famous Museums Offer Virtual Tours You Can Take on Your Couch. Experience the best museums from London to Seoul in the comfort of your own home.
Write a letter. In the age of text messages and FaceTime, we don’t write out our feelings in long form. Get out some nice paper and spread some love to a friend or family member.
Call a friend. If you’re usually a text person, pick up the phone or video call a faraway friend. The extra connection really makes you feel closer.
Make art - https://parkinsonsdisease.net/research-studies/art-therapy/
Make a Pecha Kutcha story