Authentic, informative, caring, real world and encouraging are some of the words used by members of the Newnan Parkinson’s Support Group to describe Cheryl Hughes, an author and speaker who talked to the group at their meeting on Jan. 9.
Hughes wrote “Parkinson’s Caregivers – Yes,There is HOPE!” about her experiences over 23 years caring for her husband Carlton, who had Parkinson’s disease. Her mission is to encourage and support both caregivers and their loved ones as they transition through the stages of the progressive disease, from diagnosis, to daily living, to the advanced stages and, finally, to hospice care.
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