Stichting Parkinson's on the Move

my wife virginia and i, together with my sister and her husband, dreamt of starting a foundation that could assist people having parkinson's and who don't have the same opportunities in care available to them. i have had parkinson's for 10 years, having first being diagnosed with it at the age of 39, a shock at first to anyone so young as this is a disease traditionally thought of for older people. i have been lucky enough to live in the netherlands where access to good care and medicine and wealth of knowledge, has assisted greatly to make my life and dealing with parkinson's a little easier. there are however many people around the world who must struggle daily with parkinson's as they don't have the same treatments and knowledge available to them. often the broader public, and some times even the clinician profession, doesn't have a true understanding of what it is really like to live with parkinsons, for older but especially also younger patients. outside of medicine and potential