The Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. is awarding New Britain-based Hospital for Special Care (HSC) $1.2 million to build a National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence, one of only 40 Centers of Excellence worldwide and the first in Connecticut, HSC said.
The grant for the the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation Inc. National Parkinson Foundation Center of Excellence is the largest single gift ever to HSC.
The funding will support, among other things, clinical research and trials; and provide patients access to the full spectrum of evidence-backed therapeutic options, including a neurosurgery team experienced with surgical options for the disease. The grant will also provide additional services outside of HSC regular clinics to improve the quality of patients’ lives, HSC said.
To become a Center of Excellence, HSC will accomplish 10 national accreditation requirements with the Maximilian E. & Marion O. Hoffman Foundation grant.
HSC opened the Parkinson’s disease and Movement Disorders Center in Oct. 2013, the state’s first multidisciplinary clinic for Parkinson’s disease. It now offers comprehensive evaluation and treatment for patients diagnosed with the disease and related neurological disorders. There are many effective treatments for the symptoms of Parkinson’s, however, the underlying cause of this disease remains unclear, HSC said.
