Program areas at NPF
Patient care services consists of programs designed to improve patients' lives by facilitating access to today's best care practices. These include education and diagnostic tools for health care professionals designed to improve patient outcomes. Npf reaches 100,000 people with Parkinson's through its centers of excellence program and has trained more than 2,000 healthcare providers through its allied team training program (attp). The organization of the modern Parkinson's care clinic was developed by npf and disseminated through attp and the centers of excellence programs.
Public education consists of resources, and support designed primarily to raise awareness of Parkinson's disease, explain how it affects people, advocate for better care, and educate patients and families in order to engage them in improving and extending their lives with the disease. Leveraging npf's chapters, centers of excellence, and 1-800-4pd-info helpline, these programs include publications, patient conferences, webcasts, and our on-line initiatives including our website (www.parkinson.org), and smartphone apps. Npf annually provides free education to over 100,000 people with parkinson's, including with its award-winning aware in care hospital kit, and connected with over 1 million people through our on-line networks.
Research programs consists of npf-managed projects and grants to fund research to advance care for Parkinson's patients through interventional and observational clinical trials and preclinical research with the potential to make a difference for people with Parkinson's today. The centerpiece of npf's research effort is the Parkinson's outcomes project. This npf-led effort is the largest clinical study in Parkinson's with more than 8,000 people, and 150 neurologists participating in 20 centers in four countries. The study will identify the most important aspects of care so that they can be replicated for everyone and serve as a Foundation for the development and testing of new therapies.
Chapter services consists of activities and programs that support npf's chapter network, which are designed to offer education, support and referral services.