Community Service

Residents have the opportunity to participate in a variety of community service experiences which may include any of the following:

• The Center for Neurorehabilitation houses the American Parkinson Disease Association National Rehabilitation Resource Center. This Center contains a telephone/email exercise help-line service where patients with Parkinson disease as well as family members and healthcare professionals can contact expert physical therapists about their exercise/rehabilitation related questions. Residents may be involved in assisting with these inquiries.
• All residents have the opportunity to participate in a 1-2-week intensive residential program, Empower SCI, for persons with spinal cord injury to improve independence and quality of life following completion of rehabilitation.
• Residents have the opportunity to speak at various Parkinson Disease support groups in the New England areas on the importance of exercise in the management of Parkinson Disease.