Connecting Through Pickleball: A Parkinson's Community Program

Name: Connecting Through Pickleball: A Parkinson's Community Program
Start: 2025-09-18T12:00:00-04:00
Location: Dinkers, 135 Despatch Dr, East Rochester, NY 14445-1447, United States

Schedule

Thu, 18 Sep, 2025 at 12:00 pm

UTC-04:00

Location

Dinkers, 135 Despatch Dr, East Rochester, NY 14445-1447, United States | East Rochester, NY

First Beginner Course starts! Register for 6 weeks of learning and tons of fun!
Join this exciting opportunity to play pickleball and contribute to research on the impact of pickleball on people living with and caring for people with Parkinson’s and related disorders!
Connecting Through Pickleball aims to foster long term social connections among the Parkinson’s community and continues developing access to pickleball for people living with Parkinson’s.
This program is a collaboration between the Parkinson’s Foundation Center of Excellence at the University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester Accessible Adventures, and community members with Parkinson’s, with generous support from a community grant from the Parkinson’s Foundation.
Program Features:
Try It Clinics – Single sessions to see what pickleball is all about – Great for first-timers!
Beginner Courses – 6-week comprehensive courses designed to teach you the rules and skills to play the game!
Please Read Before Registering
Who can participate? People living with or caring for people with physician-diagnosed Parkinson’s disease and related disorders. This program will prioritize people with the following physician diagnoses:
Parkinson’s disease
Atypical Parkinson’s condition, any of these: progressive supranuclear palsy, Lewy Body dementia, multiple systems atrophy, cortical basal syndrome
Through support from the Parkinson’s Foundation, Connecting through Pickleball will be free for all participants.
The program is also part of a research project with the University of Rochester Medical Center that aims to assess if pickleball exercise can help persons living with Parkinson’s Disease and Related Disorder and their carepartners. Program participants will be invited to participate in a voluntary study, which involves completing pre- and post- program surveys (5-10 minutes) and interviews (5-20 minutes) with research staff. This information from these surveys and interviews will help pursue future programming and funding.
If you have any questions about these elements, please contact [email protected] prior to completing the Registration section.
Drop-In Sessions – Weekly instructor-facilitated sessions for players of all levels to foster longterm social connections!
https://rochesteraccessibleadventures.org/connecting-through-pickleball/