Care home and Parkinson's UK host community support cafe

The residents and members of the community spent the morning getting to know one another, speaking about their experiences and offering support and contacts to each other.

Leading up to the event members of the team and guests spent time learning about how Parkinson’s disease can affect different parts of the brain and the body causing involuntary movements or rigidity in muscles which can then "freeze up" and not work. They also found out about ways that we can support those in the wider community effected by Parkinson’s.

General manager Ange Dooley-Widd said: “Parkinson’s affects a lot of older people and some of our residents are living with the disease so it was an important day for us to mark.

"We have all learned a great deal about the effects of Parkinson’s today and have a greater understanding of how varied and unpredictable the symptoms can be.”