Whereas, Parkinson’s disease is a chronic, progressive neurological disease
with no known cause, affecting approximately 30,000 people in the State of Michigan;
and,
Whereas, Diverse symptoms mark Parkinson’s disease including rigidity,
slowness of movement, poor balance and tremors, leading to impaired abilities;
and,
Whereas, Effective control of Parkinson’s disease can be achieved through
medication and/or surgery in addition to education and rehabilitation programs
for long periods of time; however, this disease cannot be cured at this time;
and,
Whereas, Parkinson’s disease disrupts and limits the lives of those who
suffer from it as well as their loved ones; and,
Whereas, Enormous emotional, psychological and physical tolls are taken on
those with Parkinson’s disease in addition to the similar tolls on caregivers,
families and friends of the patients of the disease; and,
Whereas, Michigan is a center of groundbreaking research and new treatments
for Parkinson’s disease, with major centers for movement disorders in
treating person’s with Parkinson’s disease; and,
Whereas, Michigan has, for 20 years, established programs through a largely
volunteer effort to provide education and support for people with Parkinson’s
disease, their families and healthcare professionals; and now therefore be it,
Resolved, That I, Jennifer M. Granholm, Governor of the State
of Michigan, do hereby proclaim April, 2003, as Parkinson’s Disease Awareness
Month in Michigan.
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