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Information for Carepartners/Caregivers
If you are a caregiver, you may also find one of the following support groups beneficial.
- MS Care Partners Group
- This group meets the fourth Tuesday of every other month in Falls Church, VA. Clinical neuropsychologist Mary Beth Quig, Ph.D., facilitates the group. For more information, please contact Carol Saunders, BSN, NSCN, at (703) 876-0800 ext. 3060.
- MS Family Caregiver Monthly Support Group
- This group meets the second Wednesday of the month in Bethesda, MD. To register, call the group facilitator, Natalie Zimmerman, LCSW, at (301) 654-3638 x.206.
- Well Spouse Foundation Groups for Caregivers
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- Virginia Group
- This group meets the third Monday of every Month from 7 - 9 p.m. in Burke, VA. To register, contact Dorothy Saunders at (703) 425-2430.
- Washington, D.C./Maryland Group
- This group meets the second Thursday of the month at
6:30 p.m. in Bethesda, MD. To register, contact Dorothy Pocinki at dgplyrics@aol.com.
Caregiver Information
- www.Caregiver.com
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- Publishes Today’s Caregiver Magazine; to subscribe, call
(800) 829-2734.
- Provides links to many online discussion groups and resources such as government and nonprofit agencies
- Caregiver Resource Center
Holy Cross Hospital
- Silver Spring, MD
(301) 754-7152
- Provides a wide spectrum of information and support and offers caregiver support groups
- National Family Caregivers Association
- 10400 Connecticut Avenue,
Suite 500
Kensington, MD 20895
(800) 896-3650
info@thefamilycaregiver.org
www.thefamilycaregiver.org
- Free member benefits include Take Care! a quarterly newsletter; The Resourceful Caregiver, a useful guide to resources; and a support hotline.
- The NFCA wants to bring specific attention to the day-to-day lives of family caregivers across the nation. One of the most effective ways to shed light on the lives of family caregivers, celebrate their efforts, and honor their work is by telling caregiver stories. To get involved in the NFCA Caregiver Story Project, visit www.thefamilycaregiver.org or call (800) 896-3650.
- Well Spouse Foundation
- 63 West Main Street, Suite H
Freehold, NJ 07728
wellspouse@verizon.net
www.wellspouse.org
- Publishes Mainstay, a bi-monthly news-letter
- Provides networking/local support group
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