Educational Resources

A key part of CurePSP’s pillars of care, consciousness and cure is to provide educational information on PSP, CBD and MSA. These resources are for anyone seeking to educate themselves about the symptoms, trajectory, treatments, and management of these diagnoses. 

  

Brochure Catalogue

Thanks to the support of our donors, these brochures and educational pieces are available upon request, at no cost, and are suitable for public and healthcare professionals. To browse and order our bundle packets, click Information Packets below. Click on the images to find the online version to read, download or print.

Patient and Family Information Packets

Healthcare Professionals Information Packets


PSP: Some Answers

Written in partnership with people living with PSP and healthcare professionals, this booklet provides answers to common questions around the diagnosis, symptoms, and management of progressive supranuclear palsy.

CBD: Some Answers

Written in partnership with people living with CBD and healthcare professionals, this booklet provides answers to common questions around the diagnosis, symptoms, and management of corticobasal degeneration.

MSA: Some Answers

Written in partnership with people living with MSA and healthcare professionals, this booklet provides answers to common questions around the diagnosis, symptoms, and management of multiple system atrophy.

CurePSP Guidebook

The CurePSP Guidebook provides an in-depth look into the entire diagnosis journey and latest information on PSP, CBD and MSA. To receive a printed copy of the Guidebook, contact Kelsey Woods at 443-578-5667 or woods@curepsp.org.

Care Partner Guidebook

The CurePSP Care Partner Guidebook outlines managing care and getting professional support, being a Carepartner, making plans, and Carepartners’ perspectives and pointers.

CurePSP Brain Donation Assistance Program

CurePSP has proudly assisted hundreds of families with the expenses related to brain donation and works closely with the Brain Bank at the Mayo Clinic to make tissue samples available to qualified scientists world-wide.

Allied Health Brochure

Education is key for improvement of care. This resource is specifically for rehabilitation therapists and social workers, and outlines discipline-specific treatments available to manage symptoms of PSP, CBD, and MSA.

General Information

Learn more about CurePSP and how we fulfill our mission to serve those with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) corticobasal degeneration (CBD), multiple system atrophy (MSA) and their families.

PSP, CBD, MSA Medical Alert Cards

CurePSP has printed medical alert cards for patients of PSP, CBD, and MSA. These cards explain the disease and the symptoms, and are vital in an emergency to convey the precise nature of the illness. These are available upon request.

PSP Disease Summary Sheet

The PSP disease summary sheet is a single-page outline of the disease – description, definition and symptoms. A great resource to leave with your doctor.

CBD Disease Summary Sheet

The CBD disease summary sheet is a single-page outline of the disease – description, definition and symptoms. A great resource to leave with your doctor.

MSA Disease Summary Sheet

The MSA disease summary sheet is a single-page outline of the disease – description, definition and symptoms. A great resource to leave with your doctor.

Grab and Go Document

This Emergency Document is an easy to use, comprehensive four-page document that was designed to organize all personal and symptomatic history for both the patient and the carepartner to “grab and go” in the event of a medical emergency.

Professional in-home care: Where to start and what to ask

This CurePSP fact sheet, Professional in-home care: Where to start and what to ask, is an educational resource for family care partners.

Understanding Palliative and Hospice Care

This CurePSP fact sheet, Understanding Palliative and Hospice Care, is to help learn about the Care Options defined as Palliative and Hospice Care, and resources that can help you make informed decisions about enlisting these services.

Understanding Professional Long-Term Care

This CurePSP fact sheet, Levels of Care, will help you to understand the spectrum of options and to become aware of questions to ask when searching for a type of care or care facility.

Facing Loss and the End of your Caregiver Role

The purpose of this CurePSP fact sheet, Facing loss and the end of your caregiver role, is to help you with the grieving process and with mapping a new course for yourself.

Understanding Advance Healthcare Planning

This CurePSP fact sheet, Understanding Advance Healthcare Planning, will help you to learn about the possible late-stage treatment options for neurodegenerative disease, as well as to understand the various kinds of planning documents.

Supporting Someone Diagnosed with PSP/CBD/MSA

The purpose of this CurePSP fact sheet, Supporting someone diagnosed, is to offer guidelines and suggestions to you for acknowledging, discussing, and remaining available to the diagnosed person in your life.

Talking About Your Diagnosis

The purpose of this CurePSP fact sheet, Talking about your diagnosis, is to help you to think through and decide how, when, and what you might want to tell your family and friends about your diagnosis.

Life After Loss

Life After Loss: A Journal for Navigating the Bereavement Journey. This journal is meant to guide you along in understanding grief, mourning, and bereavement along with shared journeys in grief from our community.

CurePSP Estate Planning Guide

The CurePSP Estate Planning Guide is a valuable tool that can help you organize your estate, and includes step-by-step instructions on creating and managing an estate plan.

Spanish Brochure Catalogue

Salud Aliada

Este libro es para profesionales de la salud y describe los diversos tratamientos disponibles para los síntomas de las enfermedades cerebrales primarias de la vida. Si su médico no conoce la PSP, pídanos que le enviemos este libro.

Parálisis Supranuclear Progresiva: Algunas Respuestas

El folleto Parálisis Supranuclear Progresiva: Algunas Respuestas está compilado por CurePSP y el experto de Parálisis Supranuclear Progresiva, el Dr. Larry Golbe. Para ver el folleto, haga clic en la imagen a la izquierda.

La Degeneración Corticobasal: Algunas Respuestas

El folleto La Degeneración Corticobasal: Algunas Respuestas está compilado por CurePSP y el experto en La Degeneración Corticobasal, el Dr. Larry Golbe. Para ver el folleto, haga clic en la imagen a la izquierda.

Atrofia Multisistemica: Algunas Respuestas

El folleto Atrofia Multisistemica: Algunas Respuestas es un folleto de once páginas compilado por CurePSP y el experto en Atrofia Multisistemic, el Dr. Larry Golbe. Para ver el folleto, haga clic en la imagen a la izquierda.

Best Practices in the Clinical Management of PSP and CBD

Frontiers in Neurology published a groundbreaking guide to best practices in the clinical management of progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP) and corticobasal syndrome (CBS) created under the auspices of CurePSP by the directors of its 25 Centers of Care and collaborators from their institutions. The guide was drafted by 37 top clinicians supervised by the Centers of Care steering committee.  

 

Assistive Devices and Adaptive Equipment

CurePSP has collected the following suggestions for assistive devices and adaptive equipment from patients and families experiencing neurodegenerative diseases. While we hope you find these suggestions useful in your journey, none of  CurePSP, its employees, officers or directors, has made any investigation of the suggestions made or products mentioned below.

 

Clinical Trials

There are a number of clinical trials being undertaken at any given time that may present opportunity for patient participation. CurePSP will endeavor to keep this list as up to date as possible. Please click below to study and learn more about clinical trials and to find out if there are clinical trials currently being undertaken in your area.

 

Library

CurePSP is proud to present a collection of books written by community members on their experiences living with or caring for someone with a neurodegenerative disease.  Please follow the link below to see the list of books. If you think we are missing some titles or would like to add your title to our collection, please email info@curepsp.org.

  
 

Talking with Your Doctor

The best doctor-patient relationship is built on clear and open communication. The NIH compiled this informative brochure to help guide you through these conversations. You and your loved one can utilize this tool to help you select the best doctor, prepare for and navigate your appointments, and ensure you’re with a team of dependable healthcare professionals.

Click here for Talking with Your Doctor