Questions on behalf of Mom

[Karin Lee <Moox@xxxxxxx>]

My mother, LaVerne (dx w/ PD five years ago, now otherwise healthy age 76,
living alone) asked me to post two questions for her. Any related info is
welcome and appreciated. Here goes:
(1) Did anyone else see a documentary news report last week about a
mechanical apparatus (looks like a pacemaker), which , when "turned on"
instantly stops tremors? Increasingly severe tremors are LaVerne's primary PD
problem, but she tuned in too late to get the details. Does this sound
familiar? Anyone know pros & cons?

(2) And about those tremors. . .my mom is getting uncomfortably
self-conscious about dining in public, because she often spills, drops food,
etc.  For some time she could remedy this by ordering only "finger foods"
that didn't require knife&fork dexterity, but even the finger foods present a
problem now. Dining out (at home and while traveling) has previously been a
great pleasure. She's wondering what tips the folks on this list might have
for frequent spillers (laundry tips or otherwise!).

BTW, LaVerne's neurologist has her on eldepryl *only*; sinemet caused quite
severe hallucinations a couple of years ago. (She is a VERY small woman, and
her doc couldn't reduce the sinemet dosage enough to eliminate the
hallucinations.)

Thanks from LaVerne and from me, daughter Karin A. Lee (moox@xxxxxxx)