Help Bernadette raise money

In honor of all care givers and those who support them, especially my grandmother and mother, I will be participating in the Hope as Big as Texas: Virtual Walk fundraiser this October where any type of movement counts! So, besides walking, I'll also be swimming, cycling, dancing, practicing yoga, and even harvesting olives in Italy with my father, who has PSP. 

"The purpose of the Hope as Big as Texas: Virtual Walk is to raise awareness for the CurePSP Quality of Life Respite Grant, which provides direct support to those living with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD) and multiple system atrophy (MSA).

With these diagnoses, care needs may change and increase over time, requiring more attention and energy of family members. Research indicates that even temporary or intermittent relief of caregiving responsibilities can help reduce stress and improve the quality of day-to-day life for both patients and family care partners.

CurePSP provides care partners with the opportunity to take a break by offering a grant that covers 100 hours of professional, agency-based in-home care. This program allows care partners to have the peace of mind that their loved one with PSP, CBD or MSA is receiving the necessary care while they use that time to relax, see friends, run errands, exercise, have a change of scenery or do whatever else they need to find respite from caregiving and attend to their own physical and mental wellbeing."