Frequently Asked Questions
How are Parkinson Mentors Arizona and Ability360 working together?
- Parkinson Mentors Arizona is working to bring awareness to the mentorship opportunities offered at Ability360 for people with Parkinson’s disease.
- Parkinson Mentors Arizona supports mentors through the process of becoming a mentor.
- Parkinson Mentors Arizona supports mentees through the path to being paired with a mentor.
- Parkinson Mentors Arizona works with Ability360 to make mentor-mentee pairings.
What Mentors do:
Provide support to peers with Parkinson’s disease
Listen
Provide resources
Speak from personal experience
Do not provide medical advice
Mentees agree to:
- Two contacts per month with their mentor. Contacts can be a phone call, emails, text messages, video call, or an in-person meeting.
- Respond in a timely manner with their mentor.
- Pay their own way in social situations.