Support Groups Join our CommunityLocal Support GroupsAPDA 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.*No groups in these Counties: Cumberland, Salem, Somerset, Sussex, and HudsonSupport GroupsBergen: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.comHaworth – 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.netHackensack – UMC Mountainside 1st Wednesday 10:00AM-12:00PM Angela Imhof email: angelaimhof@gmail.comRidgewood – 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.orgEnglewood – Southeast Senior Center for Independent Living 228 Grand Avenue Friday 1:30PM-3:00PM Kevin Kyle email: kxkyle@aol.com Back to TopBurlington:Mt. Holly – Virtua Memorial Hospital 175 Madison Ave 3rd Wednesday; No meetings in December 6:45PM Myra Hirschhorn (888) 847-8823 email: callcenter@virtua.orgGPS: Willingboro – Library (Willingboro Rt. 130 North) Days Alternate Call Library for further information Myra Hirschhorn (609) 877-6668 Back to TopCamden:Voorhees – Lions Gate 1110 Laurel Oak Road 4th Wednesday 11:00 AM Myra Hirschhorn (856) 679-2200 Back to TopEssex: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)731-5011West Orange – Saint Barnabas Wellness Institute at the JCC MetroWest 760 Northfield Avenue 1st Friday 1:30PM – 2:30PM Heidi Schnapp, MA, CSW (973) 332-5620; www.barnabashealth.org; email: hschnapp@barnabashealth.org Registration is requiredBelleville – 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 Back to TopGloucester:Deptford – Jas. H. Johnson Memorial Library 670 Ward Drive 1st Wednesday 1:00PM-3:00PM Bob McIntosh (856) 457-5394 email: Bobbymac05@comcast.com Back to TopMercer:Pennington – Capital Health Medical Center 408 Scotch Rd 3rd Wednesday 2:00PM-4:00PM Victoria Pena-Cardinali (609)537-7157 Back to TopCentral:TBD – Location alternates in members’ homes 1st Tuesday 7:00PM – 9:00PM Call first to sign up: Ellen Brody (908) 580-9444 Back to TopMiddlesex:Edison – NJ Neuroscience Institute Rehabilitation 65 James Street 1st Wednesday, 7:00PM -9:00PM, 4th Thursday, 1:00PM – 3:00PM Jacqueline Cristini (732) 321-7010New Brunswick – RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, Community Room *APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP* 100 Kirkpatrick Street 3rd Thursday, 12:30PM – 2:00PM or 7PM-8:30PM Times alternate by month. Please call for details Cheylena Williams (732) 745-7520 email: Cheylena.williams@rwjbh.orgMonroe – 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.orgMetuchen- Metuchen Senior Citizen Center 15 Center Street 2nd Wednesday 1:00 PM-2:00PM Eileen Dyas 732 632-8524Spotswood – Spotswood Office On Aging *APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP* 1 Arlington Ave # 401 Spotswood, NJ 08884 1st Wednesday 1:00 PM-2:00PM Cheylena Williams (732) 251-3432 or (732) 745-7520 ext. 1 email: Cheylena.williams@rwjbh.org Back to TopMonmouth: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 Back to TopMorris:Madison – Madison YMCA Support Group 111 Kings Road 2nd Tuesday 1:00-2:30PM Maryann Porosky & Barbara Ringk (973) 627-4087Parsippany – Caring Choice at Assisted Living 200 Mazdabrook Road 3rd Monday 1:00-2:30PM Maryann Porosky & Barbara Ringk (973) 627-4087 Back to TopOcean:Bricktown – Ocean Medical Center Brick Hospital 425 Jack Martin Blvd Every Tuesday 10AM-11AM, Every Friday 10AM-11AM Laura Jelly (732) 836-4614 Back to TopPassaic:Wayne – Preakness Healthcare Center 305 Oldham Rd 3rd Thursday 1:00PM Dolores Choteborsky (973) 585-2140 Back to TopUnion: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.netWestfield – 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) 322-9214Summit – Overlook Hospital 99 Beauvoir Library Avenue 1st Tuesday 7:00PM Nancy Gross email: Nancy.gross@atlantichealth.org Ellen Brody email: ebrody21@gmail.com Back to TopWarren:Hackettstown – Heath Village 430 Schooley’s Mountain Rd. 3rd Tuesday 4:00-5:00pm Valerie Perry (908) 684-5202 email: vperry@heathvillage.com Back to TopCare Partner Support GroupsMiddlesex:East Brunswick – Care One at East Brunswick 599 Cranbury Rd Bi-monthly, 1st Thursday 11:30AM Helen Hunter (Denine) (732) 967-0100New Brunswick – RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center, Community Room *APDA NJ SUPPORT GROUP* 100 Kirkpatrick Street 3rd Thursday of the month. (times alternate by month) Please call for details Cheylena Williams (732) 745-7520 email: Cheylena.williams@rwjbh.org Back to TopMorris:Parsippany – Care One at Morris 200 Mazdabrook Dr 3rd Monday 1:00PM Maryann Porosky (973) 627-4087 Back to TopEssex:Livingston – Care One at Livingston 76 Passaic Ave 2nd Tuesday 2:00PM Maryann Porosky (973) 627-4087West Orange – Saint Barnabas Wellness Institute at the JCC MetroWest 760 Northfield Avenue 1st Monday 1:30PM – 2:30PM Heidi Schnapp, MA, CSW (973) 332-5620 email: hschnapp@barnabashealth.org www.barnabashealth.org Registration is required. Back to TopExercise ProgramsBergen:Ridgewood – Ridgewood YMCA 112 Oak Street Monday-Friday Call for Times Carol Livingstone (201) 444-5600 ext. 330Haworth – First Congregation Church-Lower Level 276 Haworth Ave Yoga 1st Saturday 12:30PM-1:00PM Jerry Ratner (201) 599-2232Englewood – 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 Back to TopEssex:Verona – Congregation Beth Ahm 56 Grove Ave Mondays 10:30AM Lucille (973) 403-1294West Orange – Saint Barnabas Wellness Institute at the JCC MetroWest 760 Northfield Avenue Tai Chi Monday, 1:30PM – 2:30PM Strength Training Wednesday, 1:30PM – 2:30PM Heidi Schnapp, MA, CSW (973) 332-5620 email: hschnapp@barnabashealth.org www.barnabashealth.org Back to TopMercer: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 Back to TopMiddlesex:New Brunswick – RWJ Fitness & Wellness Center 100 Kirkpatrick Street Please Call for more information Tai Chi, Movement Class Cheylena Williams (732) 745-7520 x. 1 email: Cheylena.williams@rwjbh.org Back to TopSomerset:Martinsville/Bridgewater – Rock Steady Boxing at Anthony’s Tae Kwon Do 1918 Washington Valley Rd. Please call for more information Monday – Friday Anthony Christian 732-469-8448 email: anthonystkd@msn.com Back to TopMorris:Madison – Parkinson’s Exercise Program at Madison Area YMCA 111 Kings Road Wednesdays 1:30PM-2:30PM Susan Shieley (973) 822-9622 x. 2242Summit – 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 Back to TopOcean:Brick – Ambulatory Care Center at Ocean Medical Center 425 Jack Martin Blvd. Tuesdays 10:00AM-11::00AM Susan Delmar or Gabriel (732) 836-4007 Back to TopUnion:Westfield – Parkinson’s Exercise Classes Mon-Wed-Fri M 6:15-7:10PM 11:00AM – 12:00PM Jean White (908) 233-2700 Back to TopCamden:Voorhees – William Rohrer Center 2309 Evesham Rd Wednesdays 1:00PM-2:00PM Member Services (856) 325-5300 Back to TopYoung Onset Support GroupParkinson Young Onset Group meets the 3rd Wednesday of the month at 6:30pm. The venue is the Masonville United Methodist Church on Masonville Road, Mt. Laurel, NJ 08054Contact Wendy Schmidt for further info: wl.schmidt@yahoo.comShare this page:
