Support Programs
Alcoholics Anonymous (AA)
Summary: Assists men and women in obtaining and maintaining sobriety while also helping others to recover from alcoholism.
Date: Every Saturday of the month
Time: 10:00am to 11:30am
Place: Classroom F
Contact Person: Terry Blair
Extension: 860-447-2190
Amputee Support Group
Summary: Support people with amputation and their families or friends.
Date: Last Wednesday of month
Time: 2:30pm - 4:00pm
Place: Conference Room 3
Contact Person: Dave Deshefy
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2606
Aphasia Support Group
Summary: Education and support as well as addressing technique strategies for communication.
Date: Every Thursday of month
Time: 2:30pm - 3:30pm
Place: Pequot Health Center Conference Room
Contact Person: Deborah Hunsicker
Extension: 860-446-8265, ext 7058
Bariatric (Gastric Bypass Surgery) Support Group
Summary: Support for patients after surgery
Date: Third Wednesday of every month
Time: 6:00pm to 7:00pm
Place: Classroom F
Contact Person: Ed Hedge
Extension: 860-594-2386
Bereavement Counseling Support Group - Call Hospice of Southeastern Connecticut
Summary: Support for those who lost a love one.
Extension: 860-848-5699 (Hospice of SECT)
Brain Injury Support Group
Summary: Provides support, information, education and advocacy for persons with any type of brain injury as well as their family and friends.
Date: Fourth Thursday of month
Time: 4:30pm - 6:00pm
Place: Conference 2
Contact Person: Christa Rosado
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2246
Breast Feeding Support Group
Summary: Provide support & information to breastfeeding moms of all ages.
Date: First & third Tuesday of month
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Place: LDRP Resource Room
Contact Person: Kathy Mason
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2124
Care Givers Support Group
Summary:
Date: First Tuesday of month
Time: 4:00pm - 5:30pm
Place: Conference Room 3
Contact Person: Carol Vara, MSW at ext 2483 or Verna Swann, MSOM at ext. 5032
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2483
Crohn's and Colitis
Summary: To educate and support Inflammatory Bowel Disease patients and their families to provide coping techniques for dealing with a chronic illness.
Contact Person: Debra Wisniewski
Extension: 860-848-1487
Diabetes (Joslin) Support Group
Summary: Support group for those affected with diabetes.
Contact Person: Call Joslin for Location & Time
Extension: 860-444-4737
Hospice / Adults Grieving the Loss of a Parent
Summary: Support for adults and families with loss of a parent
Date: Every Monday of Month
Time: 5:30PM - 7:00PM
Place: 227 Dunham St., Norwich, CT
Contact Person: Hospice of SECT
Extension: 860-848-5699
Hospice/ Care for the Caregiver Support Group
Summary:
Date: Second & fourth Mondays of month
Time: 5:30pm - 6:30pm
Place: Beechwood Rehabilitation & Nursing Center, 31 Vauxhall St., New London, CT
Contact Person: Hospice of SECT
Extension: 860-848-5699
Hospice / Senior's (60+) Grieving the Loss of a Loved One
Summary: Offering support for seniors & their families for the loss of a loved one.
Date: First & third Monday of month
Time: 10:00am - 11:00am
Place: Stone Ridge Senior Living, 186 Jerry Brown Rd., Mystic, CT
Contact Person: Hospice of SECT (please call for appointment)
Phone: 860-848-5699
Hospice / Loss of Spouse Support Group
Summary: Offer support for families with the loss of a spouse.
Date: Every Thursday of month
Time: 6:00pm - 7:30pm
Place: Conference Room 3
Contact Person: Hospice of SECT
Extension: 860-848-5699
Date: Every Tuesday of month
Time: 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Place: Hospice of SECT, 227 Dunham St., Norwich, CT
Contact Person: Hospice of SECT
Extension: 860-848-5699
Interstitial Cystitis Support Group
Summary: To provide understanding and support to patients and their families and to promote greater understanding and awareness of Interstitial Cystitis in the community.
Date: Third Wednesday of month
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: Conference Room 1
Contact Person: Alyce Hemstreet
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 5071
Man to Man (Prostate Cancer)
Summary: Provides ongoing support for men living with prostate cancer.
Date: Second Tuesday of month
Time: 7:00pm - 8:30pm
Place: Conference Room 1
Contact Person: Call to register
Extension: 1-800-227-2345
Multiple Sclerosis Support Group
Summary: Support groups for persons with Multiple sclerosis and the families.
Date: Fourth Wednesday of month (no meetings July or August)
Time: 6:30pm - 8:00pm
Place: Conference Room 3
Contact Person: Eileen Cicchese, CTRS
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 4990
Ostomy Support Group
Summary: Offering educational programs and psychological support for persons who have had any type of Ostomy surgery.
Date: Second Thursday of month (only meets March thru December (no July))
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Groton Regency Retirement Home
Contact Person: Doris Adams
Extension: 860-889-0291
Parkinson's Disease Support Group
Summary: Offering support for persons with Parkinson Disease & their families with guest speakers offered.
Date: Third Wednesday of month
Time: 1:00pm - 3:00pm
Place: One Beachwood Dr, Waterford, CT
Contact Person: Donna Weissman
Extension: 860-536-1020
Pregnancy and Infant Loss
Summary: Support for mothers and their family with loss of an infant.
Date: First Thursday of month
Time: Please Call
Place: Christ United Methodist Church
Location: Groton, CT
Extension: 860-444-4738
Premature Babies
Summary: Offers support for parents of premature babies for any of their special needs mental, physical & emotional or learning disability.
Date: Mostly telephone support
Time: Please call
Extension: 1-800-399-7284
Prosthetics and Orthotics Clinic
Summary:
Date: Please call for appointment
Time: Every Wednesday by appointment only
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2632
Stroke Recovery Support Group
Summary: Offering support for rehab patients and their families to help transition them at this time.
Date: First Wednesday of month
Time: 1:30pm to 2:30pm
Place: Rehab Conference Room on 5.1
Contact Person: Lisa Bedard, APRN
Extension: 860-442-0711, ext 2748
Survivors of Homicide Support
Summary: Support for family & friends of survivors of Homicide.
Date: Fourth Tuesday of month
Time: 7:00pm - 8:00pm
Place: Conference Room 3
Contact Person: Call
Extension: 1-888-833-4764
For Family & Friends of Murder Victims
Call toll-free 888-833-4764 or email survivors@snet.net
Tourette's Syndrome
Summary: Offer support for people diagnosed as having or who have children with Tourette's Syndrome.
Date: Offered thru State of Connecticut in East Haven
Contact Person: Barbara
Extension 1-203-234-1455