Topics pertinent to Parkinson's disease patients and their caregivers will be discussed at a free, educational seminar on Thursday, March 16 from 1-4pm at the Leventhal-Sidman Jewish Community Center (333 Nahanton Street) in Newton.

“Taboo Topics in Parkinson’s Disease” will cover social aspects of communication, mood and medical illness, and the value of a palliative care team. Featured speakers are Linda Tickle-Degnen, PhD, OTR/L, Professor in the Department of Occupational Therapy at Tufts University; Adam Stern, MD, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center,  and Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School; and Roy Freeman, MD, Professor of Neurology at Harvard Medical School and Director of the Center for Autonomic and Peripheral Nerve Disorders at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center.

Register at www.bostonjcc.org/PDsymposium or call 617-667-1276.