Support Groups Join our Community APDA Connecticut Chapter Support Groups GREAT NEWS! AS OF JUNE 15TH IN-PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS MAY MEET AGAIN! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FACILITATOR FOR DETAILS CONCERNING THEIR GROUP. Online Support: Please call facilitators for details. East Hartford-Beat PD Today-Michelle-inquire@beatpdtoday.com Fairfield County-Young Onset-Lynn Hagerbrant-203-253-0002 Farmington-Holly Seymour- 860-507-7715 Farmington-UConn Health-Neurology Dept.-Kristen Vavrek, LCSW, CDP 860-679-3224 New Britain-Hospital for Special Care-Lindsay Platt-Bluemle-860-612-6316 Westport-Maureen Matuszewski-203-240-8123 GREAT NEWS! IN-PERSON SUPPORT GROUPS MAY MEET AGAIN STARTING JUNE15TH! PLEASE CONTACT YOUR FACILITATOR FOR GROUP MEETINGS DETAILS. Young Onset Virtual Support Group Meeting Every Tuesday at 7 pm ET Join Zoom Meeting Meeting ID: 816 5921 6236 Via telephone 929-205-6099 or 816-5921-6236 Young Onset Support Group First Tuesday of the month from 6:30 pm-8 pm. Please email Pam Atwood to register at Pam@AtwoodDementiaGroup.com Hospital for Special Care Online Support Group Please contact Lindsay Pratt-Bluemle, LCSW at LPratt-Bluemle@hfsc.org to register. Avon When: Meets the 4th Wednesday each month at 3:00 PM Where: The Residence at Brookside, 117 Simsbury Road, Avon Contact: Krisztina Jarai, 860-470-8268 Darien When: Meets the 2nd Friday of the month at 11:oo AM Where: Atria Darien, 50 Ledge Road, Darien Contact: Waiting for new facilitator. East Hartford-Beat PD Today When: Meets 1st Saturday of the month at 10:30 am Where: 102 Pitkin Street, East Hartford, CT 06108 Contact: Michelle, inquire@beatpdtoday.com East Hartford Online support, please email facilitator. Ellington-Moving Forward with Parkinson’s When: Meets the 2nd Friday each month at 11:00 AM. Where: The Ellington Senior Center, 40 Maple St., Ellington Contact: Mary Palmer, 860-926-4080 Fairfield County-Online support-please call facilitator. When: Meets the 3rd Tuesday each month at 7:00 PM.-Shakers Anonymous Group What/Where: “Young Onset & Young at Heart” – New Canaan YMCA: 564 South Ave Contact: www.shakersanonymous.org/ Lynn, Hagerbrant@gmail.com – 203-253-0002 Farmington-Online support-please call facilitator & in-person. When: Meets the 2nd Friday of the month at 10:30 AM Where: Anthology of Farmington, 1 Bridgewater Road, Farmington Contact: Holly Seymour, 860-507-7712 Glastonbury When: Meets the 2nd Tuesday of the Month at 11:00 AM. Where: The Hearth at Glastonbury, 281 Western Blvd., Glastonbury Contact: Sue York, 860-430-9938 Guilford When: First Tuesday each month at 12:00 PM. Where: VNA Community Healthcare: 753 Boston Post Rd, Guilford Contact: Tracy Blanford, tblanford@vna_commh.org Care Partner Support When: Second Thursday of the month at 10:30 am Where: VNA Community Healthcare: 753 Boston Post Rd., Guilford Contact: Jenna Weinberg, jweinberg@vna_commh.org Young Onset Group-Online support-please call facilitator. When: Meets the first Tuesday of each month at 6:30 PM Where: Hartford Healthcare Offices, 35 Talcottville Rd., Suite 3, Vernon Contact: Pamela Atwood, 860-798-0369 Milford When: Meets the 3rd Wednesday each month at 1:00PM. Where: St Mary’s Church Hall: 70 Gulf St Milford Contact: Terry Swan, RN, 203-874-5070 Middletown-CT Parkinson’s Working Group When: Meets the 3rd Saturday of the month at 10:00 am Where: Grace Evangelical Church, 1055 Randolph Rd., Middletown Contact: Martha Jaffe, 860-704-9519 or martha.jaffe@cpwg.org Mystic When: Meets the 3rd Wednesday each month from 1:15-3:15pm. Where: Masonicare at Mystic, 45 Clara Drive, Mystic, CT 06355 Contact: Cathy Gualtieri, 860-287-0202 New Britain-Online support-please call facilitator. When: Meets the 3rd Tuesday of the month at 3:00 PM. (No December meeting) Where: Hospital for Special Care, 2150 Corbin Ave., New Britain Contact: Lindsay Pratt-Bluemle, 860-612-6316 New Milford When: 2nd Wednesday of the month at 9:15 AM Where: New Milford Senior Center, 40Main Street, New Milford Contact: Jasmin Ducusin, 860-355-6075 Newtown When: First Wednesday each month at 1:30 PM Where: Newtown Senior Center, 8 Simpson Street, Fairfield Hills Campus, Newtown Contact: Sharon Hoyt, SHoytPD@gmail.com Putnam When: First Thursday of the month at 2:00 PM Where: Day Kimball Hospital, 320 Pomfret St., Putnam Contact: Victor Gregoire, 860-774-6143 Ridgefield When: Meets the 2nd Wednesday each month at 10:30 AM. Where: Benchmark at Ridgefield Crossings: 640 Danbury Rd Ridgefield Contact: Nela Latimer, 203-431-2255 nmendes@benchmarkquality.com Shelton When: Meets the 3rd Tuesday each month at 11:00AM.. Where: Benchmark at Split Rock: 708A Bridgeport Ave Shelton Contact: Theresa Waldron-Yancoskie, 203-929-1111 Southbury-This group is not meeting at this time. We need a new facilitator, if interested please call 860-734-6393. When: Meets the 3rd Monday each month at 1:00 PM. Where: Southbury Town Hall: 501 Main St Southbury Contact: Rachael Geoffrion, 860-734-6393 South Windsor When: Meets the first Wednesday each month at 10:30AM. Where: The Residence at South Windsor: 200 Deming Street, South Windsor Contact: Rebecca Boucher, 860-432-2911 ext. 8156 Vernon When: Last Monday of the month at 3:00 pm-New meeting time! Where: Vernon Senior Center, 135 Bolton Rd., Vernon Contact: Kim Wanegar-Nation, for information call Sue at 860-870-3680 Wallingford When: Meets the 4th Friday each month at 10:15 AM. Where: Wallingford Senior Center: 28 Washington St Wallingford Contact: Anne Bernick, 203-294-2065 Waterbury Online support-Please call facilitator. When: Meets the 1st Saturday of the month at 10:00 AM Where: The Village at East Farms – Benchmark: 180 Scott Rd., Waterbury Contact: Randi Bellemare, 203-841-8607, rbellemare@benchmarkquality.com West Hartford When: Meets the 2nd Wednesday each month at 3:00 PM. Where: Hoffman Summer Wood, 160 Simsbury Rd., West Hartford Contact: Pamela Atwood, 860-798-0369 When: Meets the 4th Wednesday each month at 10:00 AM. Where: Westport Senior Center: 21 Imperial Ave. Westport Contact: Maureen Matuszewski, 203-240-8123 Willimantic When: Meets the 2nd Wednesday each month at 1:00PM. Where: Windham Hospital, 112 Mansfield Ave., Willimantic, CT Contact: Susan Monroe, 860-456-2862
