About the association
The Parkinson's Association in Israel has been working since 1993 for Parkinson's sufferers and their families. The association offers a wide variety of activities, including an accompanying program for new contestants, running support groups for contestants and family members, a wide variety of activities to preserve abilities and provide tools for self-management of the disease, sports and leisure activities in branches throughout the country and online, subsidized rehabilitation activities in a wide variety of bodies and institutions, Conferences, seminars and more.
about the association
The association was established by a group of patients and their families from the Haifa and Kiryat area, and currently operates throughout the country with more than 25 branches throughout the country. The association operates not for profit, regardless of race, gender, religion, or political opinions, and is managed by patients, their families and volunteers, all of whom are active in the association and perform their duties voluntarily. Alongside the association's management, there is a medical advisory committee, which consists of Israel's top neurologists and physiotherapists specializing in Parkinson's disease.
The purpose of the association is to serve as an address for Parkinson's patients and their families, to increase public awareness of the needs and challenges of Parkinson's patients and their families, to fight for the expansion of the establishment's participation in the treatment of the disease, and to work to help improve the quality of life of the patients and their families. The patients can use the association to ease the burden associated with living with the disease and improve the quality of their lives and the lives of those close to them.
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Why should you join as an association member?
The Parkinson Association was established by contestants and family members in order to assist Parkinson's patients and their families in dealing with the difficulties of the disease and improving their quality of life. The association works for the entire population of people with Parkinson's in Israel, and works with the Ministry of Health to expand the services recognized in the health basket. Recently, we were able to get approval in the health basket for the treatment of the pro diodopa pump, a subcutaneous pump for the treatment of an advanced stage of the disease, all this to expand the range of medical and paramedical solutions to improve the quality of life of the contestants.
Membership in the association allows contestants to create social connections and learn from the experience of other patients, to benefit from support and a listening ear, to benefit from subsidizing physical activities with the best trainers in the field throughout the country and to be part of a community of people dealing with Parkinson's.
Volunteering in an association
The Parkinson's Association in Israel sees the value of volunteering as the main pillar for operating the association's services, and encourages Parkinson's sufferers to be partners in social action in the community and considers volunteering a significant factor in better coping with the disease. The association is happy to accept as many volunteers as possible into its ranks from among the contestants and family members and any person regardless of Parkinson's who is interested in giving to others, since all of the association's activities are based on the activity of people who are willing to contribute their time and experience. You can volunteer at the association in a wide variety of fields, from administration to accompanying newly diagnosed patients or managing branches and running activities for the contestants.
Joining volunteers enables a continuous functional sequence and expansion of the association's activities, in order to reach and help more contestants and their families.
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Donation to the association
As mentioned, the Parkinson's Association in Israel and its activists perform their duties voluntarily and without receiving a salary. Your financial contribution will enable the financing of various activities for the benefit of improving the quality of life and strengthening the community to enable the contestants and their families to live optimally, the association's activity also in the aspect of representing the contestants before the authorities in Israel and raising awareness in the general public of the disease and the challenges of the contestants.
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The association in the media
As part of the activities of the Parkinson's Association in Israel to promote the needs and rights of the contestants and to raise awareness among the general public in Israel about the disease and the challenges it poses, the association works to promote articles and interviews in the media on all its channels (press, television, radio, internet, etc.).
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