CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS

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1 CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUPS Alzheimer s Association caregiver support groups, conducted by trained facilitators, are a safe place for caregivers, family and friends of persons with dementia to develop a support system, exchange practical information on caregiving challenges and possible solutions, talk through issues and ways of coping, share feelings, needs and concerns and learn about community resources. **PLEASE be sure to call the contact listed to verify meeting day, time and location prior to attending a support group** Visit alz.org/ct to learn more about caregiver programs and resources. To further extend your network of support, visit ALZConnected, our online community, at alzconnected.org. For more information please call Town Location Address Meeting Times Facilitator Notes Avon The Residence at Brookside 117 Simsbury Road Avon, CT :00-4:30 p.m. Peg Coburn (860) , peggycoburn@att.net Avon River Ridge at Avon 101 Bickford Drive Avon, CT nd Saturday, Holly Neddermann hnedderman@benchmarkquality.com Bloomfield Duncaster (Aquatic Entrance) 40 Loffler Road Bloomfield, CT Last Monday of the month 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Michelle Wyman ext. 4404; Sarah Janowski-Therion NO MEETING DECEMBER 2017 Branford Evergreen Woods 88 Notch Hill Road Branford, CT 06471, 1:15-2:15 p.m. Nicole Brown, Marie Crouch; Branford The Hearth at Gardenside 173 Alps Road Branford, CT Last Tuesday, 5:00 p.m. Linda Capaubo (203) ext ; please call ahead Branford Orchard House Medical Adult Day 421 Shore Drive Branford, CT :30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. *MEN AS CAREGIVERS GROUP* Stephanie Evans-Ariker support@theorchard house.org Bridgeport Jewish Senior Services 4200 Park Avenue Bridgeport, CT :00 p.m p.m. Francee Sviridoff fsviridoff@jseniors.org Bristol Ingraham Manor 400 North Main Street Bristol, CT st Monday, 6:00 pm. Karen Cornell (860) Brookfield Brookfield Senior 100 Pocono Road Brookfield, CT Canaan Geer Adult Day Geer Village Chapel 83 South Canaan Road Canaan, CT th Wednesday, - 2:30 p.m. Darlene Lobraico dar4alz@gmail.com Joan Anderson (860) Cos Cob River House Adult Day 125 River Road Ext. Cos Cob, CT nd and 2:00-3:00 p.m. Marie Johnson mjohnson@theriverhouse.org Cos Cob River House Adult Day 125 River Road Ext. Cos Cob, CT :00 - Marie Johnson mjohnson@theriverhouse.org Danbury Maplewood at Danbury 22 Hospital Ave Danbury, CT rd Thursday Patty DiDomenico pdidomenico@maplewoodsl.com Darien Darien Senior Programs 2 Renshaw Road Darien, CT :00-2:30 p.m. Elizabeth Paris, Senior Coordinator ; eparis@darienct.gov Respite care available upon request Darien Maplewood at Darien 599 Boston Post Road Darien, CT :30-5:30 p.m. Susanne Bengtsson, LMSW ; dariencpd@maplewoodsl.com Derby Griffin Hospital 130 Division Street Derby, CT nd Tuesday Cary Carpino ccarpino@griffinhealth.org Adult children caregivers Eastford Congregational Church of Eastford 8 Church Road Eastford, CT :30 p.m. Bev Lindemann (860) East Hartford Riverside Health and Rehabilitation 745 Main Street East Hartford, CT Scott Ginter ext. 314 hawkfeather374@aol.com East Hartford South End Senior 70 Canterbury Street East Hartford, CT Scott Ginter ext. 314 hawkfeather374@aol.com

2 East Haven The Village at Mariners Point 111 South Shore Drive East Haven, CT :00 p.m. Ashley Dearborn East Windsor Fresh River Health Care 96 Prospect Hill Road East Windsor, CT :30 p.m. Rulanda Simao Fairfield Grasmere by the Sea Adult Day Services One Post Road Fairfield, CT st and 3rd Thursday monthly 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Contact Sandy Jenkins sjenkins@jhe.org Farmington Atria Farmington (Theater Room) 111 Scott Swamp Road Farmington, CT :30 p.m. *3rd Thursday in November and December* Victoria Liberator victoria.liberator@atriaseniorliving.com Glastonbury Aging Care, LLC 117 New London Turnpike Glastonbury, CT th Thursday 3:00-4:30 p.m. Pam Atwood pkristatwood@colebrookvillage.com Glastonbury Mountain Laurel 1177 Hebron Avenue Glastonbury, CT :00 to 7:30 p.m. Dawn Anderson (860) dawn.anderson@brookdale.com Granby Granby Senior 15 North Granby Road Granby, CT :00 a.m. Facilitator: Peg Coburn *Please contact Marisa Deluca senioregranby-ct.gov Greenwich First Presbyterian Church Greenwich: 4th Floor Library One West Putnam Ave. Greenwich, CT 06830, Tony Correale - 8:00 p.m GROUP BEGINS JUNE 20, 2017 Please call facilitator prior to attending Griswold Griswold Senior 22 Soule Street Jewett City, CT :00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Group Begins May 25, 2017 Tina Falck griswoldseniors@yahoo.com Guilford Nathanael B. Greene Community 32 Church Street Guilford, CT Haddam Saybrook at Haddam 1556 Saybrook Road Haddam, CT th Tuesday, 6:00 - Susan Shultz X 3163 Stephanie Evans-Ariker caregiver.group@yahoo.com Kathleen Hallett Hamden Arden House 850 Mix Avenue Hamden, CT :00 - Shenell Charles shenell.charles@genesishcc.com Hamden Atria Larson Place 1450 Whitney Avenue Hamden, CT :30 to Blanche Agostinelli or Sharon Cohen at **Please call before attending** Younger Onset Caregiver Group (Caregivers of persons with dementia under age 65) Hamden Clelian Adult Day 261 Benham Street Hamden, CT Paula Mathews Hamden Hamden Alzheimer's Association Hamden Regional Office Benchmark Senior Living at Hamden (Formerly Maple Woods at Hamden) 2911 Dixwell Ave, Suite 205 Hamden, CT Hamden Hill Drive Hamden, CT Last Wednesday monthly, Marcie Dimenstein or John Proto Maria Tomasetti Ext. 14 maria.tomasetti@alz.org Hebron Colebrook Village 105 Main Street Hebron, CT rd Wednesday monthly, 3:00-4:30 p.m. Pam Atwood pkristatwood@colebrookvillage.com

3 Meriden Connecticut Baptist Homes (Game Room) 292 Thorpe Ave Meriden, CT Last Tuesday, 10:30 a.m. Elizabeth McCaffrey, MSW Meriden The Village at Kensington Place 511 Kensington Avenue Meriden, CT rd Saturday 2:30-3:30 p.m. Louise Zigbuo-Tolbert Middletown Water's Edge for Health & Rehab 111 Church Street Middletown, CT nd Tuesday 2:00-3:00 p.m. Kathleen Kaliscak (860) **No meeting in the months of July and August** Milford Milford Hospital 2047 Bridgeport Avenue Milford, CT Montville Montville Senior 12 Maple Avenue Uncasville, CT Moodus Chestelm Health & Rehab 534 Town Street Moodus, CT Mystic Academy Point at Mystic 20 Academy Lane Mystic, CT First Monday, 6:00 pm. 1st Friday, 3:30 p.m. 4:00 p.m. Maria Tomasetti ext. 14 Donna Hunter Candice Nero (860) Heather Farnell Mystic Masonicare at Mystic 45 Clara Drive Mystic, CT Naugatuck Naugatuck YMCA 284 Church Street Naugatuck, CT :00-7:30 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Karen Hawthorn khawthorn@masonicare.org Karen Lineweber klineweber@naugatuckymca.org New Britain Arbor Rose at Jerome Home 975 Corbin Avenue New Britain, CT :30 to 7:30 p.m. Kate Rabinoff, MSW, LCSW KRabinoff@jeromehome.org No August Meeting New Canaan Waveny Care 3 Farm Road New Canaan, CT nd and 4th Tuesday, 1:45-2:45 p.m. Kate Bacon, MSW (203) kbacon@waveny.org New Haven The Chapel at Mary Wade 118 Clinton Avenue New Haven, CT :00-11:30 a.m. Gail Donahue (Saturday-Sunday) New Haven Yale University Yale Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit 1 Church Street, 8th Floor New Haven, CT st Tuesday 1:15 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. Susan Possidente Good, APRN (203) susan.good@yale.edu New Milford Candlewood Valley Health & Rehabilitation 30 Park Lane East New Milford, CT :00 noon Cindy LaCour, Kathy Maher Norwalk Elderhouse 7 Lewis Street Norwalk, CT nd Monday, 12:00 noon - Sally Harding (203) sally@elderhouse.org Norwalk First Congregational Park & Lewis Street (Library) Church of Norwalk on the Norwalk, CT Green Every Tuesday, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Doris McKee (203) Norwalk Norwalk Senior 11 Allen Road Norwalk, CT nd and 10:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Lynn Westfield ext. 108; mow@norwalksc.org 2nd Thursday meeting provides activities for person with dementia; please call ahead. Orange Maplewood at Orange 245 Indian River Road Orange, CT :15 p.m. - 7:15 p.m. Jordan Clauson Plainville Plainville Senior 200 East Street Plainville, CT Bette Smith Putnam St. Mary's Parish 15 Marshall Street Putnam, CT :30-2:30 pm. Kathy Demers Ridgefield St. Stephen's Episcopal Church; South Hall 351 Main Street Ridgefield, CT :30 p.m. Maria Victor-Smith Please call Bob Johnston Rocky Hill Brookdale 60 Cold Spring Road Rocky Hill, CT Debbie Nakamura-Cantele Debbie.Nakamura-Cantele@brookdale.com Shelton Gardner Heights 172 Rocky Rest Road Shelton, CT Mike Hetsko (203) Mh@hetsko.com ; please call ahead

4 Shelton Split Rock 708 A Bridgeport Avenue Shelton, CT Simsbury McLean Village 100 Sarah Lane Simsbury, CT Somers Somers Senior 19 Battle Street Somers, CT South Windsor Our Savior Lutheran Church 239 Graham Road South Windsor, CT :30 to 5:00 p.m. First Monday, 1:30 p.m. 1st Monday, 1:15-2:15 p.m. 6:00 p.m. Lidia Ayala layala@benchmarkquality.com Megan Gill megan.gill@mcleancare.org Kathleen Mack enfieldcoordinator@homehelpershomecare. com Christine Dileone cdileone@cox.net Southbury Jewish Federation of Western CT 444 Main Street North Southbury, CT :30 a.m. Patricia Gibbs Southbury Watermark at East Hill 611 East Hill Road Southbury, CT Last Wednesday monthly, Denise Julian ext. 125 djulian@watermarkcommunities.com Southington Southington Care Anna Fanelli Room 45 Meriden Avenue Southington, CT :30-7:30 p.m. Patty O'Brian (860) ext Stafford Springs JMMC, CMEC Building 201 Chestnut Hill Road Stafford Springs, CT :00 p.m. Audra Lauf (860) or audra.lauf@jmmc.com Stamford Tully Health (a branch of Stamford Hospital) Conf. Room C 32 Strawberry Hill Court Stamford, CT :00-1:30 p.m. Angel Dazzo Stratford Sunset Shores Adult Day 720 Barnum Ave. Cutoff Stratford, CT nd Monday 5:00-6:00 p.m. Sue Secondi (203) Ssecondi@cteldercare.com Suffield Torrington Emergency Aid Association Charlotte Hungerford Hospital 450 South Street Suffield, CT Litchfield Street Torrington, CT :30-2:30 p.m. Kathleen Mack enfieldcoordinator@homehelpershomecare. com Karen Cornell (860)

5 Torrington Valerie Manor 1360 Torringford St. Torrington, CT Karen Braley Vernon Visiting Nurse & Health Services of Connecticut, Inc. 8 Keynote Drive Vernon, CT rd Wednesday 9:30-11:30 a.m. Karla Vince kvince@vnhsc.org Wallingford Masonicare Pond Ridge 7200 Pond Ridge Contact Facilitator for meeting dates 10:00-11:00 a.m. GENERAL CAREGIVER SUPPORT GROUP Wallingford Ashlar Village Private Dining Room 74 Cheshire Road 1st Wednesday Monthly, **GROUP IS FOR FAMILY MEMBERS OF INDIVIDUAL RESIDING IN ASSISTED LIVING AND MEMORY CARE** Wallingford Masonicare Health 22 Masonic Ave 2nd Tuesday Monthly, **GROUP IS FOR FAMILIES OF INDIVIDUALS RESIDING IN LONG TERM CARE** Waterbury Village at East Farms 180 Scott Road Waterbury, CT and 6:00 p.m. Darly Andre Respite care available for person with dementia while caregiver attends support group. Call for more information. Waterford Bayview Health Care 301 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, CT 6385 Quarterly Meetings on Tuesdays at 5:30 p.m.: August 8, 2017, November 14, 2017, February 13, 2018 May 8, 2018 August 14, 2018 Deb Sousa Waterford Waterford Senior Services 24 Rope Ferry Road Waterford, Donna Hunter jhuntbass@sbcglobal.net West Hartford West Hartford Senior Bishops Corner 15 Starkel Road West Hartford, CT Windsor Kimberly Hall North One Emerson Drive, North Building Windsor, CT Monthly, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. *Group Begins November 2016* Elaine Reid Kate Bartelmo (860) kate.bartelmo@genesishcc.com **Enrichment program available for person living with dementia. Pre-screen required**