Local Support Groups
APDA NJ offers many local support groups in communities around the state for individuals and caregivers.
Although we do our best to keep information up to date, details are subject to change. Always call the specific support group contact number to verify meeting date and time.
Click here for Free Support Groups from LMR Elder Care
NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY PARKINSON’S SUPPORT GROUP
*No groups in these Counties: Cumberland, Salem, Sussex, and Hudson:
Support Groups
Bergen:
- Wykoff – Cedar Hill Christian Reform Church
422 Cedar Hill Avenue
All 12 months on 1st Thursday; No meetings in July, August and December on the 3rd Thursday
As times and locations may change, please call before attending
7:00PM–8:30PM
Aviva Weldon, LCSW 201-410-2169 email: aweldon@optonline.net
Ron Stack 845-642-8231 email: ron773h@yahoo.com - Haworth – First Congregation Church
276 Haworth Ave
1st Saturday Yoga at 12:30PM
1:00PM-3:30PM
Jerry Ratner0 (201) 599-2232 or (201) 265-4976 email: enwood101@optonline.net - Ridgewood – Ridgewood YMCA
112 Oak Street
Monday-Thursday Monday: 12:30PM-1:30PM
Tuesday: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Wednesday: 11:00AM-12:00PM
Thursday: 12:00PM-1:00PM
Carol Livingstone email: clivingstone@ridgewoodymca.org - Englewood – Southeast Senior Center for Independent Living
228 Grand Avenue
Friday 1:30PM-3:00PM
Kevin Kyle email: kxkyle@aol.com
Burlington:
- Mt. Holly – Virtua Memorial Hospital
175 Madison Ave
3rd Wednesday; No meetings in December
6:45PM Myra Hirschhorn (609)304-5761 email: myrahirschhorn@icloud.com - GPS: Willingboro – Library (Willingboro Rt. 130 North)
2nd Wednesday of the month. Call Library for further information
(609) 877-6668
Camden:
- Fox Rehab
7 Carnegie Plaza, Cherry Hill
4th Wednesday of the month with the exception of November and December
One meeting will be held the first Wednesday of December
For further information contact Lisa Hughey at lisa.hughey@foxrehab.org
Essex:
- Montclair – Mountainside Hospital
One Bay Avenue
3rd Saturday 10:00AM- 12:00PM
Angela Imhof (973) 338-6851 email: bobangelsa@comcast.net
Judy Maher (973) 433-4101
Elsa (973)731-5011 - Belleville – Clara Maass Medical Center | Cancer Center Conference Room
*APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
One Clara Maass Drive
Belleville, NJ 07109
2nd Wednesday 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.
Dhyana Velez (973)450-2631 email: Fabiana.Alvarez@rwjbh.org - JCC Metro West|
*APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
760 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
1st Friday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Lauren Norcross 973.322.8195
email:Lauren.Norcross@rwjbh.org
Gloucester:
- Deptford – Jas. H. Johnson Memorial Library
670 Ward Drive
1st Wednesday 1:00PM-3:00PM
Bob McIntosh (856) 457-5394 email: Bobbymac05@comcast.com
Mercer:
- Pennington – Capital Health Medical Center
408 Scotch Rd
3rd Wednesday 2:00PM-4:00PM
Lauren Wilson (609)537-7157
Middlesex:
- Edison – NJ Neuroscience Institute Rehabilitation
65 James Street
1st Wednesday, 7:00PM -9:00PM,
4th Thursday, 1:00PM – 3:00PM
Jacqueline Cristini (732) 321-7010 - New Brunswick – RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, Community Room
*APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
100 Kirkpatrick Street
Young Onset: 3rd Wednesday , 6:00-7:30PM
All Stages: 3rd Thursday, 3:00-4:30 PM
Times alternate by month. Please call for details - Monroe – Monroe Township Senior Center
1 Municipal Plaza
1st Wednesday 1:00PM-3:00PM
Helena Zarco (609) 409-1170
email: hzarco@jfkhealth.org or vmelencio@jfkhealth.org
Monmouth:
- Hazlet – Meridian Health Fitness & Wellness
1420 Highway 36
2nd Tuesday 2:00 – 3:30 PM
Debra Shar & Marie Lehmann (732) 739-5919 email: enixon@meridianhealth.com - Freehold – Centra State Star & Barry Tobias Ambulatory Campus
901 W. Main Street, Freehold
Conference Center, Room C
4th Wed 11:00AM- 1:00PM
Ruth Memoli 732-637-6334
Morris:
- Madison – Madison YMCA Support Group
111 Kings Road
2nd Tuesday 1:00-2:30PM
Barbara Ringk (908) 403-3129
email: barbringk@gmail.com - Randolph- Brightview Senior Living Randolph
* APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
For People with PD and or Family Care Partner
175 Quaker Church Road, Randolph, NJ 0786 2nd
Wednesday 2:00-3:00 pm
Heidi Schnapp, LMR Elder Care 973-533-0839
email: hschnapp@LMReldercare.com - Pompton Plains- Ceder Crest * APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
- Village Square Clubhouse, 2nd floor
Ceder Crest Drive , Pompton Plains NJ
1st Thursday 1:30-2:30pm RSVP required
Heidi Schnapp, LMR Elder Care 973-533-0839
email: hschnapp@LMReldercare.com
Ocean:
- Bricktown – Ocean Medical Center Brick Hospital
425 Jack Martin Blvd
Every Tuesday 10AM-11AM, Every Friday 10AM-11AM
Laura Jelly (732) 836-4614
Somerville
- Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital at Somerset
*APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
Steeplechase Cancer Center
1st Floor Conference Room
4th Tuesday, 12:00 – 1:00PM
Please call for details (908) 685-2814
Union:
- Rahway – RWJ University Hospital
865 Stone Street
2nd Wednesday 1:00PM-3:00PM
Debbie Hargiss (908) 272-2362
Sharron Fitzpatrick (201) 320-3307
email: sharronf@optonline.net - Westfield – The Presbyterian Church in Westfield (in the Parish House)
140 Mountain Avenue
2nd Monday 1:30PM-3:00PM (No meetings in July & August)
Barbara Ringk (908) 403-3129
email: barbringk@gmail.com - Summit – Overlook Hospital
99 Beauvoir Library Avenue
1st Tuesday 7:00PM
Nancy Gross email: Nancy.gross@atlantichealth.org
Ellen Brody email: ebrody21@gmail.com
Warren:
- Hackettstown – Heath Village
430 Schooley’s Mountain Rd.
3rd Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm
Valerie Perry (908) 684-5202 email: vperry@heathvillage.com
Care Partner Support Groups
Middlesex:
- East Brunswick – Care One at East Brunswick
599 Cranbury Rd
Bi-monthly, 1st Thursday 11:30AM
Helen Hunter (Denine) (732) 967-0100
Morris:
- Randolph- YMCA Program House *APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP*
14 Dover Chester Road
Last Tuesday 10:00-11:00 am December meeting 12/18
Heidi Schnapp, LMR Elder Care 973-533-0839
email: hschnapp@LMReldercare.com
Essex:
- JCC Metro West
760 Northfield Avenue
West Orange, NJ 07052
1st Monday from 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Lauren Norcross 973.322.8195
email:Lauren.Norcross@rwjbh.org
Exercise Programs
Bergen:
- Ridgewood – Ridgewood YMCA
112 Oak Street
Monday-Friday Call for Times
Carol Livingstone (201) 444-5600 ext. 330 - Haworth – First Congregation Church-Lower Level
276 Haworth Ave
Yoga 1st Saturday 12:30PM-1:00PM
Jerry Ratner (201) 599-2232 - Englewood – Southeast Senior Center for Independent Living
228 Grand Avenue
Fridays 1:00PM-3:00PM
Kevin X. Kyle (201) 747-9096
Ilse Heller (201) 265-4976
Essex:
- Verona – Congregation Beth Ahm
56 Grove Ave
Mondays 10:30AM
Lucille (973) 403-1294 - JCC Metro West
760 Northfield Ave
Tai Chi Chih- Every Monday 1:30
Strength Training- Every Wednesday 1:30
Water Warriors- Every Thursday 1:30
Rock Steady Boxing- Every Tuesday’s and Thursday’s
Lauren (973) 322-8195
Mercer:
- Princeton – Rock Steady Kick Boxing – Title Boxing Club
485 Nassau Park Blvd *Fee for class*
Monday, Wednesday, Friday 1:15 – 2:30 / 2:45 – 4:00
Joe Dymnioski 609-375-8200 email: tbcprinceton@rsbaffiliate.com - Sing for Parkinson’s Disease
Capital Health Medical Center – Hopewell
12 Weekly Sessions
Register : 609-537-7157 or capitalhealth.org/events
Middlesex:
- New Brunswick – RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center
100 Kirkpatrick Street
Please Call for more information
Movement Class
Somerset:
- Martinsville/Bridgewater – Rock Steady Boxing at Anthony’s Tae Kwon Do
1918 Washington Valley Rd.
Please call for more information
Monday – Saturday
Anthony Christian 732-469-8448
email: anthonystkd@msn.com - Rock Steady Boxing Hillsborough
315 US Highway 206, Unit 903
Hillsborough, NJ 08844
Classes are held Monday ,Wednesday & Friday 2 pm-3:30 pm; Wednesday 8 pm -9:30 pm & Friday 6:30- 8 pm
Barbara Kelly, PT, Owner, Head Coach 908-210-2153
Morris:
- Madison – Parkinson’s Exercise Program at Madison Area YMCA
111 Kings Road
Wednesdays 1:30PM-2:30PM
Susan Shieley (973) 822-9622 x. 2242 - Summit – Parkinson’s Exercise Group Overlook
Downtown, 2nd Floor
357 Springfield Avenue
Fridays 11:00am-12:00pm
Caroline Panter (908) 522-5901 or (908) 522-2215
Ocean:
- Brick – Ambulatory Care Center at Ocean Medical Center
425 Jack Martin Blvd.
Tuesdays 10:00AM-11::00AM
Susan Delmar or Gabriel (732) 836-4007
Union:
- Westfield – Parkinson’s Exercise Classes
Mon-Wed-Fri M 6:15-7:10PM
11:00AM – 12:00PM
Jean White (908) 233-2700
Camden:
- Voorhees – William Rohrer Center
2309 Evesham Rd
Wednesdays 1:00PM-2:00PM
Member Services (856) 325-5300
Young Onset Support Group
Burlington:
- 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm.
Masonville United Methodist Church
Masonville Road
Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054
Wendy Schmidt for further info: wl.schmidt@yahoo.com