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cult it was for him personally that there was no such infor- mation center available at the time of his diagnosis in 2013.
Many drug treatment trials never get off the ground due to lack of volunteers, “which is one of the things that moti- vates me to volunteer for the trials,” Boster notes.
as a federal civilian employ- ee for the past seven years, and his current job is as an analyst there. October is Na- tional Disability Employment Awareness Month, and in 2018, Boster was selected for the Secretary of the Defense Award for Outstanding Civil- ians with Disabilities award. When giving presentations, Boster emphasizes the “able” in disable, and seeks to raise awareness about the condi- tion.
ball fans who made him and his wife feel like ‘ohana.
“ T h e o t h e r t h i n g w e ’ r e trying to do is expand the number of support groups t h a t w e h a v e — t a l k - s t o - ry, caregiver and exercise groups — to reach out to as many Parkinson’s patients as we can in Hawai‘i. There’s about 7,000 diagnosed pa- tients and we estimate about 3,000 undiagnosed patients,” he explains.
He calculates that the es- timated economic burden to the state is around $52,000 per Parkinson’s patient, or $350 million total as of 2019.
“We came here for the mil- itary, but we stayed because of the people and the ‘āina,” he notes. “We’ve become part of our community, and part of that is giving back.”
Military veterans suffering traumatic brain injuries from explosives, along with the ex- tensive use of insecticides and pesticides, have been linked with Parkinson’s symptoms, according to Boster.
Tim Bowden first came to know Boster and his wife over a decade ago at a foot- ball tailgate party for the UH Warriors.
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“The New Oxford Ameri- can Dictionary defififines a hero as ʻa person who is admired or idealized for courage, out- standing achievements, or noble qualities,’” emphasizes Bowden.
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When he was diagnosed as a Parkinson’s patient, he fififirm- ly decided to “make things happen” and joined the effort to fififind a cure for the condi- tion, including participating in a drug trial.
Originally from Southern California, Boster has called the ‘Āhuimanu neighborhood in Windward O‘ahu home for the past 13 years.
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“One in 8 Parkinson’s pa- tients is a veteran like my- self,” he shares.
Soon after moving to the islands, Boster joined a group of University of Hawai‘i foot-
“Jerry Boster epitomizes that definition every day of his life.”
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