Education and Outreach

Bill Collins

The Movement Disorders Program serves patients and caregivers from Kentucky, Southern Indiana and surrounding regions. The overall goal of the program is to help patients function as well as possible with their disorder, while waiting for a cure. The program focuses not only on physical aspects, but also on emotional and psychological health of the patients and their caregivers.

Bill Collins Parkinson’s Patient Resource and Education Center

The Bill Collins Parkinson’s Patient Resource and Education Center is named in honor of a Louisville native who was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 1973. Located on the sixth floor of the Frazier Rehab and Neuroscience Center, the Patient Resource and Education Center provides patients and their families with assistance and information, including:

• Access to local and regional support groups for specific diagnoses
• Patient assistance with medications and insurance
• The latest technology to research and learn more about their disease

Please join us for the Bluegrass 1000, October 6-9, 2008. Proceeds benefit the Bill Collins Parkinson’s Patient Resource and Education Center. For more information about the Bluegrass 1000, please visit: http://www.bluegrass1000.com.

Community Outreach

The Movement Disorders Program has been a leader in launching Moving Ahead, an educational and outreach program for patients, caregivers and health care providers. Bringing information and services to underserved communities through support groups and helping develop specialized rehab teams in these areas is also a priority of the program.

In addition, Frazier Rehab Institute and U of L, in partnership with the Parkinson’s Support Center of Kentuckiana, provide multiple community programs dedicated to early detection and management of movement disorders. Our physicians and other members of the allied health team frequently participate in support group activities throughout the region.

Furthering the Medical Profession

The U of L Division of Movement Disorders is dedicated to furthering the knowledge of medical professionals concerning movement disorders and training professionals in the care of these diseases. The program offers a fellowship program in movement disorders and dementia. The program also provides continuing education to physicians and allied health professionals regarding movement disorders, the diagnosis of these diseases, and the most recent developments in their management and treatment.

Additional Information

• Types of Movement Disorders Treated
• Interdisciplinary Team of Experts
• Therapeutic Care
• Research
• Education and Outreach
• Facility Features