Today is the beginning of MND week 2018 and this year we are pleased to announce the launch of Make Aged Care Fair – a new campaign that calls on the Government to make sure people diagnosed with motor neurone disease when aged 65 or over have access to the right care, in the right place at the right time. We need your help to make sure our decision makers listen.
The MND NSW e-news May 2018 edition was emailed to members and subscribers on 30 April. You can read this edition here. Get the e-news delivered your inbox by subscribing to the MND NSW e-news.
From the MND Research Blog: "Physical activity has always been at the forefront of factors associated with MND, but studies investigating its effect have often been conflicting. The reason why we might see contrasting results is often due to different cohorts and numbers of people included in the study, the method by which the data was collected, or the types of questions asked and the way they were presented. Increased number of studies on the same topic might then improve the way these are conducted in the future and provide more reliable conclusions. The most recent multi-centre study that included over 1,500 people with MND and nearly 3,000 control participants was conducted by the Euro-MOTOR consortium under the leadership of Prof Leonard van den Berg. Today (24 April),
Thank you to Joanne Blissenden and everyone who helped organise the recent Thai-riffic Night fundraising evening in Dural. The fundraiser was held in memory of their friend Laurence who passed away after a short battle with MND. Joanne said the evening was a great success with $5,175 raised through the dinner, raffles and lucky dips. Joanne and her husband also completed the ice bucket challenge! Thank you to everyone who attended and supported the event.
This is the second year that Carnarvon Golf Club have supported MND NSW with a charity golf day, this year raising $6,004. Thank you to everyone who helped organise the day, to the golfers for your support and to everyone who made a donation. Special thanks to Sharon Honeybrook who once again organised the event, and to the club for their generous donation of the green fees from the day.
