Believe me Moondaughter, they ARE there. My grandmother was one of them.

Do you not think that there will be many more throughout the poorer parts of what might be called the Russian Federation and into the northern regions of Asia, and that swathe of islands that is Indonesia, Malaysia, the Phillipines. And in China......... And many of them will not being treated with mucuna either...... or have the wherewithal for medicine..... or travelling to find it...

What some of them will have is family who will look after them, because there are few places in care homes, and massage because that is part of their culture, and in China there will be Tai Chi in the parks for elders, it used to be like a religion, the daily visit to the park, I hope it is still there. When I started Tai Chi around 30 years ago we were taught that it is really an art for people over 50, and it is there to maintain our bodies, the movements are there to keep us moving. i do not have a class to go to at the moment, but use it daily to help me.... Other things they may have access to is oil massage, younger children do massage with their feet, to help stiffness and pain, special diet that is integral to the way food is prepared, and much less pre-prepared food. And daughters-in-law who are trained to look after the elders in the family and take away the stress of having to be responsible for a household....... Different world.......

But it is there - I see newly arrived elderly people here in my UK city from the east with PD, they do look different from the treated PwP, frailer, more stooped, and older even when they are not. They have quieter voices too, but on the positive side they seem more mentally alert. In a city where many thousands in a very mixed community use public transport, as I do, you can spot the PwP quite easily.....