"Directions" program
- Expanding clinical care
- Diversity of Parkinson's communities nationwide
- Expanding the variety of sports activities
- Mental support for contestants and their families
The goal of the Directions program: to enable and assist each participant to act and achieve an optimal quality of life by strengthening the body and mind and connecting to a supportive community.
The Contestant's Journey: It starts with a Parkinson's diagnosis by a neurologist/family doctor, continues with strict adherence to medication when necessary, and continues with maintaining a continuous physical activity routine. We recommend that you join a supportive community of your choice – a community of veterans, young people, or a community active in physical activity groups such as dance, swimming, table tennis, and more. To benefit from a subsidized package of directions, you must register as a member of the Parkinson's Association in Israel. Please click HERE To register new members.
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A. The 12-week challenge
1] Intake test - diagnosis of physical condition
2] Personal exercise plan
3] Self-training - 12 weeks
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The online service includes:
- Practice in the WIZECARE system for one year + 4 sessions with a physiotherapist
- Performing an intake test to diagnose the contestant's current physical condition
- Building a weekly physical activity plan with all the activity components required to improve the contestant's physical condition - strength, aerobics, cardiovascular endurance, and more
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B. Accompanying a new contestant
A veteran contestant accompanies a new contestant
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A veteran contestant who has been trained for the task, supported by a professional team, accompanies a new contestant in the first challenges from the moment the disease is discovered (new contestant - up to two years from the discovery of the disease)
D. Support workshops
Contestant Support Workshop
Support workshop for girls and their partners
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Providing a set of tools to better cope with the challenges of Parkinson's, for those with it and their families
E. Exhaustion of community rights
The full assessment To exercise social security rights
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Arrangement with professional parties.
A free meeting to select the candidate, with an attorney who specializes in exercising rights, from National Insurance, state institutions and private insurance companies:
If you have not yet joined as an association member, please click HERE To register new members.
The program is designed to allow every contestant to benefit from a supportive envelope, which will help everyone in a modular way to achieve the following goals:
- Improving physical fitness while instilling habits for continuous physical activity.
- Assistance and support for new contestants up to two years after the discovery of the disease, in the first steps after the discovery of the disease.
- A connection to the Parkinson's community, so that each contender knows that he is not alone, and that by his side is a supportive and strengthening community that holds social gatherings and joint learning about coping methods.
- Support workshops for those facing challenges and their families, to receive tools for effective coping.
- Assistance and guidance in exercising rights.
What do the contestants who passed the pilot say?
"I felt like I wasn't alone, that I was being helped and cared for"
"The mentor who was assigned is amazing and guided and showed the light"
"I received tools for self-management of Parkinson's"
"I started to love sports" "I met new friends and together we compete and have fun"
