The Parkinson’s Support Group will hold its last meeting of the year on Saturday, Oct. 24, from 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. at Union Church of Los Angeles, 401 E. Third St. in Little Tokyo.
The guest speaker will be Junsoo Ahn, a mental health therapist and care manager at the Little Tokyo Service Center. A drummer and a pastor, he will give an interactive presentation that will encompass music and physical movements using drums and rhythm.
A graduate of USC’s MSW program, he has four years of experience at LTSC counseling seniors who have disabilities and are confronting difficulty dealing with depression and anxiety.
He has served as lead musical director at a local church for the past 15 years and enjoys working with seniors who need mental health well-being using musical instruments.
Ahn has been a presenter for the Parkinson’s Support Group as well as the Ebb and Flow community mental health conference held by LTSC on Oct. 17 at Terasaki Budokan.
For further information or to RSVP, contact the church between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. Monday through Friday and speak to one of the secretaries; or call Yoko Kawaguchi at (626) 525-9779 or Lorraine Arakaki at (818) 317-8006.