{"id":47793,"date":"2024-05-28T11:40:09","date_gmt":"2024-05-28T11:40:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parkinson.ca\/lheritage-de-compassion-et-de-soins-de-jim-long\/"},"modified":"2025-01-24T17:51:16","modified_gmt":"2025-01-24T17:51:16","slug":"lheritage-de-compassion-et-de-soins-de-jim-long","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/lheritage-de-compassion-et-de-soins-de-jim-long\/","title":{"rendered":"L’h\u00e9ritage de compassion et de soins de Jim Long"},"content":{"rendered":"

A final gift can make all the difference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

When Julie Long thinks about her dad, Jim, and the legacy of compassion he left to the Parkinson Canada community, she says she feels \u201cwarm to the core.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMy dad had a strong family background in giving. So, when my Aunt Pat got Parkinson\u2019s, he became passionate about it. He gave right to the end \u2013 organizing people to make donations, donating gingerbread men at his care home. He was that kind of guy \u2013 encouraging people to donate or get involved in whatever way worked best for them. He was always there for anybody who was looking for help,\u201d says Jim\u2019s son, Andy.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim helped his sister as long as he could, and when her needs became greater than he could manage alone, he ensured she always had extra care.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim and Pat\u2019s story is a reflection of the many ways care partners support their loved ones and the complexity of that care.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

He meticulously recorded Pat\u2019s Parkinson\u2019s details in a handwritten chart: the times she took each medication, when she ate, and how her symptoms varied. He tracked how her symptoms changed based on her diet, exercise, and other factors. This chart always accompanied them to her neurologist appointments.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Andy vividly remembers the extent of his dad\u2019s care, \u201cPat wasn\u2019t the only person he was a care partner for. He also cared for his wife, his children, distant relatives, and even his neighbors.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

After Pat passed away, Jim continued his volunteer work for Parkinson Canada. He was a key leader of the annual \u201cHope in Bloom\u201d campaign, selling tulips to raise funds for Parkinson\u2019s research and support.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim was honored with a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his two decades of outstanding volunteerism and contributions.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim\u2019s legacy lives on. In his will, he left a gift to Parkinson Canada and his children couldn\u2019t be prouder.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

As Andy reflects with a smile, \u201cThat was so like him. I wasn\u2019t surprised that he would leave a donation to ensure something helpful was done in his sister\u2019s name and his own. That sense of duty drove him. Giving is such a selfless act. You\u2019re not thinking about what it\u2019s going to do for you \u2013 it\u2019s going to help other people. But in the end, it makes you feel good to know you\u2019re helping people you don\u2019t even know.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Jim\u2019s gift helps to ensure that we can continue to provide programs and services to the Parkinson community. It funds critical research to improve lives and raises the voices of people living with Parkinson\u2019s. Leaving a gift in your will can make all the difference.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A final gift can make all the difference.\u00a0 When Julie Long thinks about her dad, Jim, and the legacy of compassion he left to the Parkinson Canada community, she says she feels \u201cwarm to the core.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cMy dad had a strong family background in giving. So, when my Aunt Pat got Parkinson\u2019s, he became passionate […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":90,"featured_media":42591,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[237,249],"tags":[],"audience":[],"class_list":["post-47793","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blogue-fr","category-la-communaute-parkinson"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47793","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/90"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=47793"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47793\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":47795,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/47793\/revisions\/47795"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/42591"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47793"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=47793"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47793"},{"taxonomy":"audience","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.parkinson.ca\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/audience?post=47793"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}