The Council on Aging for Southeastern Vermont, Inc. has listed the following Support Groups for your interest. To the best of our knowledge they are current and active. If you cannot reach one of the groups below, please let us know and we will research their current status.
VERMONT
Alzheimer's Support Groups
Alzheimer's Association - Vermont Chapter
172 N. Main St.
Barre, VT 05541
(802) 477-7000
24-HOUR HOTLINE: (800) 272-3900
www.alz.org
Alzheimers Support Group - Springfield
Adult Day Center
266 River Street
Springfield, VT 05156
2nd Wednesday, 7:00 pm.
Contact:Linda Stowell, Group Facilitator
or Christine LaCasse
(802) 885-9881 or 885-2151
Elsewhere in Vermont
Call Alzheimer's Association - Vermont Chapter
for information - see above
Area Hospital Caregiver Support Groups:
Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
ttp://www.bmhvt.org/support.shtml
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center
www.dhmc.org - type “support groups” in the search field
Mt. Ascutney Hospital
http://www.mtascutneyhosp.hitchcock.org/
Grace Cottage Hospital
www.otishealthcarecenter.org
Arthritis:
Townshend: Arthritis Self-Help Group - a six-week program
Grace Cottage Hospital
Contact Singy Hassig at 802-365-7920
Bereavement Support Groups:
Brattleboro:
Brattleboro Area Hospice offers a variety of free support groups. Most meet at their 191 Canal Street office. If you are interested in attending one of these groups please contact Elizabeth or Melissa at 257-0775.
For March 2008 they offer:
- Mondays: Healing Through Writing. Ten-week group for those who have previously been in a support group. Facilitated by Muriel Winter Wolf.
- Mondays: Eight-Week Support Group for those whose parent, sibling or friend has died.
- Wednesdays: On-going Spouse/Partner Loss Support Group.
- Thursdays: Bereaved Mothers Support Group.
- Wednesdays: Good Grief Children’s Program. A six-week program for 5-7 yr olds who have experienced the death of someone close to them. Facilitated by Elizabeth Ungerleider (at Westminster Center School).
- Thursdays: * New* Bereaved Fathers Roundtable. Facilitated by Bill Warriner.
- “Second Saturdays.” Make Origami Cranes with guest facilitator and bereaved parent Ami Maglin while socializing with other individuals and families who have experienced the death of a loved one. For adults and children. Additional facilitation by Elizabeth Ungerleider and Elizabeth Pittman.
Woodstock:
6-week bereavement support group
Monday nights 6 - 7:30 at the VNA's Woodstock Wellness Center
Contact Ann LaRocque 888-300-8853 ext. 2017
Bellows Falls:
The VNA will offer Bereavement Support Groups at the Rockingham Free Library on Monday nights from 5:30 – 7 pm.
March 3, 10, and 17 will be a Newly Bereaved Support Group.
March 24, 31, April 7, 14, 21 and 28 will be a General Grief Support Group
May 5, 12, 19, June 2 will be a Journaling Our Grief program
These Support groups are free and open to anyone who is grieving. Registration is required. Contact Sue Church, Bereavement Support Coordinator, 802-885-2522,ext.3120, email: schurch@vnavnh.org
The library is located at 65 Westminster Street in Bellows Falls, call 802-463-4270
Breast Cancer Support Groups
Brattleboro: Brattelboro Memorial Hospital, 1st &
3rd Wednesday of the month, 5:00-6:30 pm, in the Tyler Conference
Room. Contact Carol Westing (802) 387-2152.
Springfield: Springfield Hospital, 2nd Tuesday, 5:15 pm.
Contact Susan Tomberg, RN, BSN, 802-885-7524.
Caregivers Support Groups
Brattleboro Support Group
The Gathering Place
Brattleboro, VT
3rd Wednesday of each month 5:30-7:00pm
Contact:Michelle Grist-Weiner
(802) 254-6559
Cancercare offers caregivers online support groups at www.cancercare.org
Windsor Area Elder Caregiver Support Group
Cedar Hill Village
Windsor, VT
Contact: Barbara Flinn
(802) 674-2254
alf@cedarhillccc.com
Diabetic Support Groups:
Springfield: Springfield Hospital: 1st Wednesday of every
month except December, 10AM-11AM. Contact Marcia Manner, RN, CDE:
802-885-7508.
Also contact the Dept. of Veteran's Affairs Medical Center in
White river Jct., for information on Diabetes Education Programs.
Call 802-295-9363, ext. 5774.
Hospice
Brattleboro Area Hospice
P.O.Box 1053
Brattleboro, VT 05302
Contact: Elizabeth Pittman
(802) 257-0775
Springfield Area Hospice
366 River St.
Springfield,VT 05156
(802) 886-2525
Bereavement Support Group 1st and 3rd Mondays
at 6:30 at VNA office
Kinship Care Support Groups
Brattleboro
Contact: Jen Mazur or David Bayer at Early Education Services 254-3742
Springfield
Meetings are held Monday nights from 6:30 - 8 at the Turning Point Recovery Center.
Statewide
Vermont Kin as Parents or VKAP, Host annual conference
Lynn Granger, Coordinator
802-338-4725
info@vermontkinasparents.org
www.vermontkinasparents.org
Parkinson's Groups:
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Third Tuesday of the
month, 2 to 4 pm, conference room on the 3rd floor to the right
of the rotunda. Contact Ann Jennings,
802-885-2051.
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Claremont Support Group
Valley Regional Hospital, Conference Rm. 1
Claremont, NH
2nd Tuesday of each month 6:30-8:00 PM
Contact: Lorraine Strobel (603) 543-6800
Two reputable organization host chat rooms for caregivers. You may not have time to get out of the house to attend local functions such as conferences and support groups, but you can read and (if you choose) converse via your computer with other caregivers, sharing common concerns.
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