Meetings

DATE/TIME

Usually 4th Sunday of each month
2:00–4:00 p.m.

LOCATION

We meet in-person , as well as with Zoom. Sheridan Lutheran Church is our generous host, at 6955 Old Cheney Road, Entrance 4, Great Room.

MAIL

We send announcements and Zoom invitations to everybody on our mailing list. Write to Diane Kacvinsky to get on the list. kacvinskydiane@gmail.com

2025 SCHEDULE

 

Parkinson’s Disease Research and Therapeutic Updates

  • August 24, 2025
  • Speaker: Dr Erin Smith, UNMC
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Neuropsychology

  • July 27, 2025
  • Speaker: Kyle Greenman, PhD, UNMC
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Incontinence and Parkinson’s

  • June 22, 2025
  • Speaker: Michelle Spicka, DPT, with Husker Rehab
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd

Timing of Parkinson’s Medications

  • May 25, 2025
  • Speaker: Karla Frese, Home Health Partners, 
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Resources from the Heartland Chapter of the Parkinson’s Foundation

  • April 27, 2025
  • Speaker: Michelle Shepherd, community education and outreach manager
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Palliative Care

  • March 23, 2025
  • Speaker: Rhonda Lange & Christy King, Palliative Care Experts
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd

Rock Steady Boxing: Fighting Back against Parkinson’s

  • February 23, 2025
  • Speaker: Nicole Morton, MS, CPT  Clinical Exercise Specialist & Rock Steady Boxing Head Coach
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Innovative PD Therapies

  • January 26, 2025
  • Speaker: Members of The Lymphedema Clinic staff
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

 

2024 SCHEDULE

 

No Meeting in December

Neuro-optometric Rehabilitation Therapy

  • November 24, 2024
  • Speaker: Samantha Bohl, OD, with Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

The Complexity of Driving Assessments, Evaluations, and Driving Simulations

  • October 27, 2024
  • Speaker: Lisa Anderson, Occupational Therapist at Madonna
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd

Medicare Wellness Exams and Developing a Personalized Prevention Plan

  • September 22 2024
  • Speaker: Mackenzie Marr, RN
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd

Benefits of Seeing a Geriatrician

  • August 25, 2024
  • Speaker: Mary Spivey, MD; Geriatic Medicine at CHI Health
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Parkinson’s Disease –More Than Motor Symptoms

  • July 28, 2024
  • Speaker: Deb Fleming, Executive Neuroscience Sales Specialist with Acadia Pharmaceuticals
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd

Constipation and Nutrition

  • April 28, 2024
  • Speaker: Jenna Wuebker, dietician at UNMC
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Voice and Parkinson’s

  • March 24, 2024
  • Speakers: Jessica Kohn, a speech pathologist at UNL, on “Strengthening and Maintaining Voice in Parkinson’s Disease”; and Rhonda Heiserman with the Parkinson’s Voice Project will present “My Story and the Importance of Speaking Out”.
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Your Skin with Parkinson’s

  • February 25, 2024
  • Speaker: Dr Mark Heibel, Heibel Dermatology
  • SheridanLutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
  • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Sips and Wishes: End of life medical information and planning

  • January 28, 2024
  • Speaker: Amy Hensley
  • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

2023 SCHEDULE

 

No meeting in December

Current Research

      • November 19, 2023
      • Speaker: Dr Smith, UNMC
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Parkinson’s 101

      • October 22, 2023
      • Speaker: Dr Situ, UNMC
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Preparing for Physician Appointments

      • September 24, 2023
      • Speaker: Jennifer Coon, Lincoln Family Center
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Home Safety and Renovations

      • August 27, 2023
      • Speaker: Karla Freese, Home Care Partners of Nebraska
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

No meeting in July

 

Complete Hearing

      • June 25, 2023
      • Speaker: Dr Sandra Miller
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Travel Tips

      • May 28, 2023
      • Speaker: Gail Haskins and Robert Shirer
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Awareness Month

      • April 23, 2023
      • Speakers: Erin Neal, Parkinson’s Foundation; Karla Freese, Home Care Industry; Polly Ubben, speech pathologist; Daina Podraza, physical therapist
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Preparations for Hospitalizations and Surgery

      • March 26, 2023
      • Speaker: Dr Woodward, UNMC
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

The Eastridge Hospice Singers will tell us of the service they offer the community

      • February 26, 2023
      • Presenter: The Eastridge Hospice Singers
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Tax Updates and Other Nonsense for Tax Year 2022

      • January 22, 2023
      • Speaker: Mark Burch, Burch and Associates
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

 

2022 SCHEDULE

 

Healthy Parkinson’s Communities

      • January 24, 2022
      • Speaker: Gabriella Dimotsantos, Davis Phinney Foundation
      • Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Side Effects of PD Medication, and Complementary and Alternative Medications

      • February 28, 2022
      • Speaker: Dr Ally, College of Pharmacy, UNMC
      • Zoom

Caring, Hoping, and Community Resources

      • March 27, 2022
      • Speaker: Erin Neal, Home Care Assistance of Lincoln
      • Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Taiji for strength, balance, and suppleness

      • April 24, 2022
      • Speaker: Dr Gary Yuen, UNL
      • Zoom and Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Road

UNMC’s Lewy Body Dementia Program

      • May 22, 2022
      • Speaker: Julie Pavelka, UNMC
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

The Top Ten Mistakes Made in Estate Planning

      • June 26, 2022
      • Speaker: Andrew M Loudon, Attorney at Law
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Annual Ice Cream Social, and a Demonstration of Dance for Parkinson’s

      • July 24, 2022
      • Speaker: Ruth Davidson Hahn
      • v Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Aging Partners, their Services, and How Best to Access Them

      • August 28, 2022
      • Speaker: Karen O’Hara
      • Sheldon Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Cognitive Symptoms in Parkinson’s

      • October 23, 2022
      • Speaker: Amelia Nelson, PhD
      • Sheldon Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Managing the Return of Parkinson’s Symptoms with Unique Inhaler Treatment

      • September 25, 2022
      • Speaker: Dr Diego Torres and reps from Acorda  Therapeutics
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom

Safety and Mobility

      • November 27, 2022
      • Speaker: Doug Neville, Hillcrest Health Services
      • Sheridan Lutheran Church, 6955 Old Cheney Rd, and Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

No meeting in December

 

2021 SCHEDULE

Real Life Experiences with DBS

      • January 24, 2021
      • Speakers: Our members with DBS
      • Zoom

Assistive Devices

      • February 28, 2021
      • Speaker: Jina Mailander, OT, with Madonna
      •  Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Bowel and Bladder Issues in PD

      • March 28, 2021
      • Speaker: Michelle Spicka, DPT, with Husker Rehabilitation and Wellness
      • Zoom

Managing the Return of Parkinson’s Symptoms with a Unique Inhaled Treatment

      • April 25, 2021
      • Speaker: Acorda Therapeutics
      • Zoom

Understanding Off-episodes and Dyskinesia in Parkinson’s Disease

        • May 23,  2021
        • Speaker: Dr John Puente for Adamas Pharmaceuticals
        • Zoom
        • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Mindfulness

      • June 27, 2021
      • Speaker: Karla Jensen, Nebraska Wesleyan University
      • Zoom

Improving your Home

      • July 25, 2021
      • Karla Frese, of Home Health Care Partners. Turn your home into a “life-long” home with diy and professional improvements. Also assistive devices.
      • SCC’s Continuing Education Center, 285 S 68 St Place, room 325, also on Zoom

Mask face, Drooling, and Swallowing

      • August 22,  2021
      • Sydney Carlson SLP, a speech pathologist with CHI Health
      • Zoom

Benefits of Singing for Parkinson’s Disease (Voice Practice: Rhythmic Movement, Breath Patterns, and Singing for Stability and Coordination)

      • September 26, 2021
      • Speaker: Anne Marie Pollard, UNL’s School of Theatre & Film
      • Zoom

Driving Safety

      • October 24, 2021
      • Speaker: Lisa Anderson, Madonna Therapy Plus
      • Zoom
      • Missed the meeting? Watch it here. Zoom Video

Rock Steady Boxing

      • Date: November 28,  2021
      • Speaker: Ryan Mohling, Lincoln Parks and Recreation
      • Zoom

 

SCHEDULE 2020

Dance for Parkinson’s

      • Date: January 26, 2020
      • Speaker: Ruth Davidson Hahn
      • Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Sheridan Room

DaTscan

      • Date: February 23, 2020
      • Speaker: Sharice Kucera, AMI
      • Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Sheridan Room

SPEAK OUT

      • Date: March 22, 2020 (postponed)
      • Speaker: Jessie Kohn, UNL Barkley Center
      • Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Sheridan Room

Driving Safety

      • Date: April 26, 2020
      • Speaker: Linda Stortz, Madonna Rehab
      • Madonna Rehabilitation Hospital, Sheridan Room

Madonna ProActive

      • Date: May 24, 2020
      • Speaker: Samantha Kelly, program director
      •   Zoom

Palliative Care

      • Date: June 28, 2020
      • Speaker: Dr. Bob Bleicher. HoriSun Hospice
      •  Zoom

SPEAK OUT

      • Date: July 26, 2020
      • Speaker: Jessie Kohn, UNL Barkley Center
      •  Zoom

Deep Brain Stimulation and Medtronic

      • Date: August 23, 2020
      • Speaker: Dr Martha Seier, UNMC
      •  Zoom

Caring for your Loved Ones

      • Date: September 27, 2020
      • Speaker: Caregiver Education Group
      • Zoom

Medicinal Topics

  • Date: October 25, 2020
  • Speaker: Pharmacist, Dr Alli
  • Zoom

Help in the Home

      • Date: November 22, 2020
      • Speaker: Karla Frese, M.S. CDP, with Home Care Partners
      • Zoom

 

 

ONLINE SEMINARS

APDA, Nebraska Chapter Teleconferences

Parkinson’s Disease Foundation Expert Briefings

Live and archived programs are available on the Web at
PDF Archive.