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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Work, career, benefits >> Work, career, benefits

Work,career,benefits

• >> Parkinson's disease >> Work, career, benefits >> Work, career, benefits

Work,career,benefits

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• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Over 12 years >> Geraldine - Interview 28 >> Geraldine continued to hold increasingly demanding executive jobs in the voluntary sector and was finally chief executive of the Charities Commission.

Geraldine was diagnosed in 1990. She was a single parent with three teenage children. She never-the-less succeeded in holding increasingly demanding executive jobs in the voluntary sector and was finally chief executive of the Charities Commission before retiring recently. And she is still working on many projects and committees.

• Nerves & brain >> Parkinson's disease >> Over 12 years >> Tom - Interview 06 >> When Tom gave up work he achieved a sense of worth by raising money for research into a cure for Parkinson’s disease.

Tom was 27 when he was diagnosed. His medication includes levodopa. He experiences ‘on’ and ‘off’ periods most days. During the on period he may also have dyskinesia. He set up the Cure Parkinson’s Trust.