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A support group is a way for people to help Parkinson's Disease patients cope with problems they all share. These groups offer social and emotional support to patients and their care partners, education and information from peers and professionals and a chance to be active for oneself and for others in the community. Members give and receive information and encouragement through the mail, phone calls, and group meetings. There are more than 40 support groups now active in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Maryland. Groups meet weekly or monthly.
Please call contact persons to verify meeting dates and times.
Berks County
Reading Hospital (Building B)
Contact: Ralph W Blatt
Phone: 610-929-8627
E-mail: rblatt@aol.com
Meets: 2nd Sunday, 2:00pm
Chester
Silberman Center
Contact: Susan Curry
Phone: 610-447-2911
Meets: 1st Thursday, 1:00pm
Elkins Park
Adath Jeshurun Synagogue
Contact: Suzanne Reichwein
Phone: 215-829-7273
E-mail: sreichwein@pahosp.com
Meets: 1st Thursday, 1:30pm
Delaware County
Patient Exercise/Carepartner Groups
Bryn Mawr Presbyterian Church
Contact: Debi Weinberg
E-mail: debisw@comcast.net
Phone: 610-649-1260
Every Tuesday, 2:00pm
Doylestown
Doylestown Hospital
Contact: Mary Jane Barr-Silk
Phone: 215-345-2635
E-mail: mbarr-silk@dh.org
Meets: 2nd Tuesday, 1:30pm
Gettysburg
Wellspan Adams Health Center
Room 201
Contact: Jill Herr
Phone: 717-634-5200
Meets: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00pm
Harleysville
Peter Becker Community Maplewoods Estates
Contact: Laura Detwiler
Phone: 215-703-4038
E-mail: ldetwilder@peterbeckercommunity.com
Meets: 4th Tuesday, 1:00pm
Harrisburg
Jewish Home of Greater Harrisburg
Contact: Faye Morrison
Phone: 717-441-8627
Meets: 3rd Wednesday, 2:00pm
Haverford
The Quadrangle
Contact: Pauline Landau
Phone: 610-642-7701
Meets: 3rd Tuesday, every other month
Lancaster
Landis Homes
Contact: Ruth Johnson
Phone: 717-509-5494
E-mail: lcpwpsupport@gmail.com
Meets: 3rd Monday, 2:00pm
Lebanon
Cornwall Manor
Contact: Dorothy Cushman
Phone: 717-270-1692
Meets: 3rd Monday, every other month 2:30pm
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Valley Hospital
Banko Building (Muhlenberg Hosp.)
Contact: Gerry Haines
Phone: 610-868-3510
E-mail: brignal1@aol.com
Meets: 4th Tuesday, 10:00am
Lycoming Valley
Faith United Methodist Church
Contact: Liz Ashley
Phone: 570-546-3283
Meets: 3rd Thursday, 7:00pm
Mechanicsburg
Seidle Memorial Hospital
Contact: Paul Monko
Phone: 717-502-1001
Meets: 2nd Wednesday, 1:30pm
New Holland
Garden Spot Village
Contact: Judy Shaffer
Phone: 717-355-6259
E-mail: jshaffer@gardenspotvillage.org.
Meets: 4th Monday, 2-3PM
Newtown
Pennswood Village
Contact: Hans Nord
Phone: 215-860-5314
Meets: 1st Thursday, 10:30am
Philadelphia
Center City
Comprehensive Neurological Center
Contact: Suzanne Reichwein
Phone: 215-829-7273
Meets: 3rd Thursday, 6:30pm
West Philadelphia
LIFE Center
Contact: Candace Syres
Phone: 215-829-7651
E-mail: Candace.Syres@uphs.upenn.edu
Meets: 3rd Tuesday of the month, 1-2:30PM
Chinatown
On Lok Social Service Center
Contact:Candace Syres
Phone: 215-829-7651
E-mail: Candace.Syres@uphs.upenn.edu
Meets: 4th Thursday of every other month, 1-2:30PM
Facilitates Mandarin and Cantonese translation
Center City Exercise Group
Contact: Heather Cianci
Phone: 215-829-7275
E-mail: heather.cianci@uphs.upenn.edu
Meets: Every Thursday, 1:00pm
Registration Required Fee
Phoenixville
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Contacts: Barbara O’Connor
Jessica Kalemba
Phone: 610-983-1288
Meets: 2nd Monday, 1:00pm
Stroudsburg
Loder Building
Contact: Kate Koehler
Phone: 570-420-3746
E-mail: lodersr@co.monroe.pa.us
Meets: 3rd Wednesday, 2:00pm
West Chester
West Chester Area Senior Center
Contact: Mary Jo Baldino
Phone: 610-696-6511 x 113
E-mail: mbladino@nvnacc.com
Meets: Last Wednesday, 1:15pm
West Grove
Jenner’s Pond
Contact: Nadine O’Neill
Phone: 610-869-6753
Meets: Call for dates and times
Wynnewood
Lankenau Hospital
Contact: Randi Gollomp
Phone: 610-642-5371
Meets: Call for dates and time
York
Calvary United Methodist Church
Contact: Cindy Capresecco
Phone: 717-851-3313
E-mail: ccapresecco@wellspan.org
Meets: 2nd Thursday, 7:15pm
York (Carepartners Group)
Queensgate Center
Contact: Cindy Capresecco
Phone: 717-851-5822
E-mail: ccapresecco@wellspan.org
Meets: 1st Friday, 3:30pm
New Jersey
Absecon
Absecon Presbyterian Church
Contact: Karen Muldoon
Phone: 609-335-7927
Meets: 1st Thursday, 2:00pm
Cape May
Victoria Commons Assisted Living
Contact: Rita Tumasz
Phone: 609-886-2455
Meets: 2nd Thursday, 1:00pm
Lawrenceville
Presbyterian Church
Contact: Janice McCurdy
Phone: 602-882-0322
E-mail: info@seniorcaremgt.com
Meets: 3rd Wednesday, 1:00pm
Monmouth County
Monmouth Mall
Contact: Angela Levy
Phone: 732-229-1150
Meets Every Tuesday, 10:00am
Mount Holly
Virtua Memorial Hospital
Contact: Myra Hirschorn
Phone: 1-888-Virtua-3/ 1-888-847-8823
E-mail: smhirsch35@comcast.net
Meets: 3rd Wednesday, 6:45pm
Westfield
Presbyterian Church
Contact: Barbara Ringk
Phone: 908-322-9214
Meets: 2nd Monday, 1:30pm
Deptford
Deptford Public Library
Contact: Paul Thomas
Phone: 856-767-7454
Meets: 1st Wednesday, 1:00-3:00PM
Voorhees
Voorhees Senior Living
Contact: Tiffany McGovern
Phone: 856-566-2340
E-mail: tmcgovern@5sqc.com
Meets: 4th Wednesday of every month, 12-1PM
Delaware
Wilmington
Wilmington/PEP
Presbyterian Church of the Covenant
Contact: Bob Cordrey
Phone:610-497-3891
E-mail: bob@cordrey.org
Meets: 4th Sunday, 1:30pm
Dover
Bayhealth Medical Center
Contact: Cindy Drew
Phone: 302-744-6227
E-mail: mmc_caregiver@hotmail.com
Meets: 1st Friday, 5:00pm
Lewes
Tunnell Cancer Center
Contact: Dennis Leebel
Phone: 302-644-3465
E-mail: blleebel@verizon.net
Meets 1st Monday, 2-3:30PM
Young Onset Group
Contact: Sandy Fritsch
215-829-6688
Call for date, time and location.
Newly Diagnosed
Sunrise Assisted Living (Abington)
Contact: Lorna Glassman
Phone: 215-542-2931
E-mail: gwynedrose@aol.com
Meets: 4th Tuesday, 1:00pm
Men’s Group
Contact: Sandy Fritsch
Phone: 215-829-6688
Meets: Call for date, time and location.
Women’s Group
Center City, Philadelphia
Contact: Candace Syres
Phone: 215-829-7651
E-mail: Candace.Syres@uphs.upenn.edu
Call for dates, times, and location
Carepartners Group
Comprehensive Neurological Center
Contact: Dolly Johnson
Phone: 215-829-7273
Meets: 4th Thursday, 1:00pm
Early Onset Newly Diagnosed Group
Comprehensive Neurological Center
Contact: Suzanne Reichwein
Phone: 215-829-7273
E-mail: sreichwein@pahosp.com
Call for date and time
Deep Brain Stimulation
Pennsylvania Hospital: Hall Mercer Building
Contact: Kathryn McGill
Phone: 215-829-5052
E-mail: Kathryn.mcgill@uphs.upenn.edu
Meets: 1st Tuesday of the month, 10AM
Other Movement Disorders
Huntington’s Disease Society
Phone: 610-277-1066
Meets: Call for information
Lewy Body Dementia
Susquehanna Valley
St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
Contact: Kim Lemon
Phone: 717-572-9908
E-mail: kim.kitten.lemon@gmail.com
