Support Groups Join our Community Support Groups These support groups are for people with Parkinson’s and their caregivers. Each support group is facilitated by a peer or health professional. The format of each support group varies, but many have monthly speakers who speak about topics such as nutrition, exercise, physical therapy, and voice therapy. If you are interested in starting a support group in your area, please contact 515-241-6379 or mailto:apdaiowa@apdaparkinson.org See list below for current support groups in Iowa City/County Leader/Phone Location Algona/Kossuth County Jen Carr jeni@algonaymca.org 515-295-7701 Exercise group also available YMCA 221 E Elm Algona, IA 50511 Ames/Story County Elizabeth Stegemoller esteg@iastate.edu 515-294-5966 First Baptist Church of Ames 200 Lynn Ave Ames, IA 50010 Meets the First Wednesday of the month from 2-3 pm Anamosa/Jones County Allison Niedermann Allison.Niedermann@unitypoint.org 319-481-6195 Exercise group also available UnityPoint Health – Jones Regional Medical Center 1795 HWY 64 East Anamosa, IA 52205 Atlantic/Cass County Jon Jordan JJordan@wesleylife.org 712-243-1850 Exercise group also available Heritage House 1200 Brookridge Cir Atlantic, IA 50022 Burlington/ Des Moines County Elaine Baxter elainbax@msn.com 319-754-4372 ————————————- Julie Kirk jkirk@grhs.net 319-759-4575 Great River Medical Center – Black Hawk Room 1221 Gear Avenue Burlington, IA 52655 Carroll/Carroll County Melissa Schultes mschultes@stanthonyhospital.org 712-794-5815 Exercise group also available St. Anthony’s Regional Hospital 311 S. Clark Carroll, IA 51401 Cascade/Dubuque County Brenda Williams circleb@netins.net 563-590-4364 Claddagh Court’s Lower Building 506 Sixth Avenue NW Cascade, IA Cedar Rapids/Linn County John Krumbholz Krummy1968@gmail.com 319-350-7482 Exercise group also available St. Patrick’s Center 120 5th St NW Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 Centerville/Appanoose Katy Dykes kdykes@mercydesmoines.org 641-437-3432 Mercy Medical Center One St. Joseph’s Drive Centerville, IA 52544 Charles City/Floyd County Carol Quade carol@fiai.net 641-228-5053 St. John’s Lutheran Church 300 South Main St Charles City, IA 50616 Clinton/Clinton County Don and Rita Schneider 563-357-0562 RSchneider@wpf-cpa.com Mercy Medical Center 1410 N 4th St. (South Campus Board Room) Clinton, IA 52732 Council Bluffs/ Pottawattamie County Molly George mcampbell@heritage-communities.com 712-256-2741 Caregiver group also available. Fox Run Assisted Living 3121 McIneery Drive Council Bluffs, IA 51501 Creston/Union County Myra & Chuck Spindler chuck.spindlerii@gmail.com 641-344-6629 Crest Baptist Church 1211 N. Poplar St. Creston, IA 50801 Davenport/Scott County Barb Warren Barb/warwar@gmail.com 563-579-7378 ————————————- Larry Nahrgang larrynahrgang@yahoo.com 309-755-0092 Caregiver group also available Ridgecrest Village, Crest Activity Room 4130 Northwest Blvd Davenport, IA 52806 Decorah/ Winneshiek County David Dobson davidpauldobson@hotmail.com 563-735-5836 Winneshiek Medical Center 901 Montgomery St Decorah, IA 52101 Des Moines/Polk County Valerie Stickle-Diehl VStickel-Diehl@mercydesmoines.org 515-358-0002 Caregiver group also available. Meets March- November Mercy Hospital – East Tower 1111 6th Ave Des Moines, IA Des Moines/Polk County On With Life Tammy Miller tammy.miller@onwithlife.org 515-289-9662 Meets the 4th Thursday of the month from 5- 6:30 p.m. On With Life in Ankeny Outpatient Clinic 715 SW Ankeny Road Ankeny, Iowa Des Moines/Polk County Lindsay Waechter lwaechter@wesleylife.org 515-271-6596 Wesley Acres 3520 Grand Avenue Des Moines, Iowa, 50312 Dubuque/Dubuque County Gerald Osterhaus gerryosty@mchsi.com 563-582-7313 UnityPoint – Finley Hospital 350 N Grandview Ave Dubuque, IA 52001 Dyersville/Dubuque County Catherine Tegeler spikesina123@yahoo.com 563-875-7029 Ellen Kennedy Living Center 1177 7th St., SW Dyersville, IA Estherville/Emmet County Eric Erickson eric.erickson@sanfordhealth.org 712-209-1159 Estherville Public Library 613 Center Ave. Estherville, IA 51334 Grinnell/Poweshiek County Georgia Plumb plumbge@gmail.com 641-236-9570 615 Horseshoe Dr. St. E Grinnell, IA 50157 2:00pm every 3rd Thursday Guttenberg/Clayton County Billee Jo Hefel bhefel@abcmcorp.com 563-252-2288 ext. 128 Eagle Ridge Assisted Living 1329 Acre Street, Guttenberg, IA Independence/ Buchanan County Betty Orr jorrb@indytel.com 319-938-2825 Buchanan County Health Center 1600 1st St E Independence, IA Iowa City/Johnson County Dottie Armens d_armens@hotmail.com 319-400-0506 ————————————- Wanda Crombie w.crombie@mchsi.com ————————————- Ed Pierson e.pierson2325@gmail.com Mercy Medical Plaza 540 E. Jefferson St. Iowa City, IA 52245 Marshalltown/ Marshall County Dennis Eige ldeige@hotmail.com 641-753-8463 Glenwood Place Assisted Living 2907 S. 6th St.Marshalltown, IA 50158 Mason City/Clear Lake Cerro Gordo County Martha Boyes marthaboyes@gmail.com 641-357-3609 (Home) 641-231-0007 (Cell) Kentucky Ridge Asst Living Chapel 2060 S. Kentucky Ave Mason City, IA 50401 Muscatine/ Muscatine County Pat and Wayne Corriell pat.corriell@gmail.com 563-649-2285 ————————————- John and Karen Schaub jschaub@machlink.com 563-263-1866 Muscatine County Extension Office 1514 Isett Avenue Muscatine, IA Newton/ Jasper County Eloise Prater jeprater1607@gmail.com 641-791-1018 Wesley Park Center 500 First Street North Newton, IA 50208 Pella/ Marion County Natasha Nikkel nnikkel@wesleylife.org 641-620-4219 Hearthstone, A Ministry of WesleyLife 608 E 2nd St Pella, IA 50219 Sioux Center/Sioux County Glenda Vanlaren Glenda.VanLaren@schospital.org 712-722-8256 Royal Meadows Care Center 1400 7th Avenue Sioux Center, IA Sioux City/Woodbury County Sally Reinert sreinert@evertek.net 402-987-3516 Siouxland Center for Active Generation 313 Cook Street Sioux City, IA 51103 Storm Lake/ Buena Vista County Bonnie Hunter bjhunter6@mediacombb.net 712-732-3383 St. Mark Lutheran Church 1614 West 5th Street Storm Lake, IA 50588 Vinton/Benton County Stacey Hodges mark.redlinger@RehabVisions.com shodges@vghinc.com 319-472-6372 Virginia Gay Hospital 502 N 9th Ave Vinton, IA Waterloo/ Blackhawk County Terry Hertges Beno08@aol.com 319-239-6865 Covenant Medical Center Room 10 3421 West 9th Street Waterloo, IA Waukee/Dallas County Renee’ LePera rlepera@seniorhelpers.com 515-402-6263 Legacy Pointe of Waukee 1650 SE Holiday Crest Circle Waukee, IA 50263 Waverly/Bremer County Mary Ochoa mochoa@waverlyhealthcenter.org 319-352-4961 Waverly Health Center 312 9th Street SW Waverly, IA 50677 West Des Moines/Polk County Mary Adkins bjamla@aol.com 515-480-4090 Mercy Health & Fitness Center 12493 University Ave Clive, IA 50325 West Des Moines-Edgewater, A WesleyLife Community/Polk County Megan Hoffman mhoffman@stcroixhospice.com 515-229-8862 Edgewater, A WesleyLife Community 9225 Cascade Ave. West Des Moines, IA 50266 West Des Moines/Polk County Young Onset Support Group Sean Jenkins sjjenk@gmail.com ————————————- Shirley Burke xsli77@yahoo.com Private Facebook Group- Search: Parkinson’s Young Onset Support Group of Iowa. Please contact Sean Jenkins for information about location and timings. Winterset/Madison County Tamara Bridgeman tbridgeman@madisonhealth.com 515-202-6151 Madison County Hospital 300 W Hutchings St Winterset, IA 50273 Trenton, Missouri Gloria Koon 660.339-8006 Royal Inn Pizza 1410 E 9th St Trenton, MO 64683 Moline, Illinois Marilyn Woelke mewoelke@gmail.com 309-781-6462 Addus Evergreen Adult Day CenterAvenue of the Cities & 41st Street, Moline, IL 61265
