Brooke Huminski

Living with Parkinson's disease, mental health challenges associated with PD and/or being a care partner can involve dealing with challenging relationships during periods of ongoing stress or crisis. How often...

When coping with depression associated with Parkinson’s disease or caregiving stress, there are sometimes days when one would like assistance with dealing with the ups and downs. While some therapies...

Being a caregiver for a loved one with Parkinson’s can be filled with meaning, challenge, and eventually heartbreak. In listening to my patients over the years, both at the hospital...

Being a care partner for a loved one with Parkinson’s disease can have many rewards and many moments of stress. With the focus on medical appointments being mainly on the...

Living with a chronic and progressive illness such as Parkinson’s disease can result in mental health challenges such as depression and anxiety. Given the physical, emotional and spiritual challenges of...

Working in an acute care hospital as a medical social worker, it was part of my job to help deliver bad news to patients and their families and help them...

Receiving a new diagnosis of Parkinson's disease can be both validating and scary. It is common for questions to arise and strong emotions to come up. While no two individuals have...

As a caregiver or care partner for a loved one with Parkinson’s disease, it’s likely you’ve been educated in the importance of self-care. Perhaps a well-intentioned family member, medical professional...

As a medical social worker in an acute care hospital, it was commonly my role to talk to families about advance directives and end of life planning. The crisis of...

It was a Tuesday morning mid-winter and the snow was already falling. The forecast told for a blizzard and already the hospital discharges for the day were being delayed by...