Community Resources

The Day-Break Club of the Villages provides a supervised environment where caregivers can drop off family members who have special needs for a few hours each week. Members of the club receiving these services are Day-Breakers. Day-Break Volunteers provide supervision and are coordinated by the trained Day-Break Leadership Team.

The Day-Break Club of the Villages provides a supervised environment where caregivers can drop off family members who have special needs for a few hours each week. Members of the club receiving these services are Day-Breakers. Day-Break Volunteers provide supervision and are coordinated by the trained Day-Break Leadership Team.

Parkinson’s Disease Support

-in and nearby-

The Villages, Florida

  There may be no better place for someone with Parkinson’s disease (PD) to live than in or nearby The Villages, Florida. With 10 PD support groups, a PD Center of Excellence nearby, two hospitals minutes away, all of the medical specialists needed to manage the disease, and an active community with plenty of exercise and social opportunities, what more might one want? Of course, Florida also has great weather! Explore our website. You will find many resources to help you and your care partner live a fulfilling life, regardless of the “diagnosis.” Join us. Come to one or more of our support groups. Get involved. Learn, exercise, be socially active, make new friends. You will be glad you did.

Who We Are

 

We are those who live in The Villages, Florida, and surrounding communities, who have Parkinson’s disease (PD). We may number 1,500 or more based upon the demographics of those living here that are over the age of 60. We are care partners. Since most people with PD also have a care partner, 3,000 folks total live with the disease every day, 24 hours a day. We are professional medical personnel that service the PD population. We are caregivers, including family members, friends, and paid personnel. We are those that freely give our time to run support groups. We are those that prepare written material for the local PD community, to include various reference documents, and even a published PD book. We include one resolute person who publishes a comprehensive weekly Parkinson’s newsletter for those living in The Villages or surrounding communities. We include several ambassadors that represent the various Parkinson’s foundations. We include retired professionals that liaison with local hospitals to improve PD in-patient care and to distribute medical kits from the Parkinson’s Foundation to those with PD. We are those that arrange social activities, to include an annual PD cruise. Become a “We”. You will be welcomed into our community.