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Amputee Support Group
Purpose of the group is to provide support for any amputee.
Open to the community, no charge
Contact: Ed Goulden at 873-3661 When: 1st Thursday of the month
Time: 1:00-2:00 P.M.
Where: Hedgehog Cactus Room
Located north of St Joseph’s Hospital in the Behavioral Health Building.
Aphasia Communication Group
Purpose:
To provide opportunities for persons with aphasia (following
stroke) to:
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Interact with others with
aphasia
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Practice speech and language
skills
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Learn other compensatory
techniques to improve communication skills
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Support one another.
Phone: 872-4140
Contact: Barbara Major,
Speech-Language Pathologist
Where:
St. Mary's Hospital, 3rd Floor in the
Patient Activity Room
When: Every Tuesday 10:00 - 11:00 am
Brain Injury Support Group
Purpose: For brain injury survivors
Phone: 872-4795
Contact: Shauna Mundy
Where: St. Mary's Trek Room (basement by the cafeteria)
When: 2nd Saturday of each month from 10:30-Noon
Mild Brain Injury Support Group
Purpose: Appropriate for individuals who have mild
communication and/or cognitive deficits secondary to brain
injury. The purpose is to utilize group process to develop
compensatory strategies, provide emotional support, and share
resources and information. No Charge.
Phone: 873-5186
Contact: Karin Edman
Where: St. Joseph's Rehab Multi purpose room 1st floor
Outpatient Rehab
When: Fourth Thursday monthly from 4:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m.
Breastfeeding Support Group
Purpose: For new mothers and their infants. The support group
offers a forum for problem solving, baby weights and changing
tables, a comfortable environment to share experiences, a unique
opportunity to meet other moms and form new friendships and
receive support from Lactation Specialists.
Phone: 873-3187
Contact: Childbirth Education Department
Where: St. Joseph's Hospital, Women & Infants Conference Room,
5th Floor
When: Every Tuesday from 12:30 pm to 2:30 pm
and
Where: Rita Ranch, Urgent Care Associates (Rita Road across from
the Mesquite Elementary)
When: Every Wednesday from 10:00 am to 11:30 am
Burn Survivors Support Services
Purpose: For burn survivors, caregivers and family members
Phone: 872-4310
Contact: Patricia Falcon, Psy.D, Rehabilitation Psychologist
When: Second and fourth Thursdays of month, 4:30 p.m. - 6:00
p.m.
Where: St. Mary's 4th Floor Rehab Conference Room
NOTE: Patients must call for screening.
Cardiac Support Group
Purpose: For cardiac patients, their families and friends
Contact: Marilyn Fuhrman
Phone: 624-8935 (Pima Heart Associates)
When: First Thursday monthly, 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Where: St. Mary's Ed Hart Conference Room, 2nd Floor
Cardiac Wellness Group
Purpose: This close-knit group shares a common bond—surviving
heart disease—and provides structure, healing and inspiration.
For anyone who has undergone heart surgery or has struggled to
manage cardiovascular disease as a patient or a family member,
the group can be life changing—and life-saving.
Phone: 696-2352
When: Third Wednesday monthly, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Tucson Heart Hospital
Fee: a $10 per session fee covers your heart healthy dinner
Caregivers Communication Support Group
Purpose: For spouses, caregivers and family members of stroke survivors and people with other neurological
disabilities as well as the families of patients with
communication difficulties.
Contact: Barbara Major, Speech-Language Pathologist
Phone: 872-4140
When: Tuesdays, 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m.
Where: St. Mary's Patient Activity Room, 3rd Floor
Communication Support Group
Purpose: Appropriate for individuals with communication deficits
due to stroke, TBI or other neurologic etiology including
aphasia, dysarthria, voice disorders and/or pragmatic
disturbances. The purpose is to utilize group process to improve
communication skills, practice compensatory techniques and
receive support from other individuals with communication
difficulties.
Contact: Jack Kriendler, Speech-Language Pathologist
Phone: 873-3497
When: Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - Noon.
Where: St. Joseph's Rehab Conference Room (4th Floor)
Diabetes
Diabetes Care Centers
St. Joseph's Hospital, 873-3968
St. Mary's Hospital, 872-6055
Manager: Rose Manchon, MN, RN
Diabetes Support Groups
St. Joseph's Hospital
Phone: 873-3468
Where: 350 N. Wilmot Rd., Legacy Conference Room, basement
When: Second Monday monthly at 9:00 a.m.
St. Mary's Hospital
Phone: 872-6055
Where: Diabetes Care Center
When: Second Tuesday monthly at 6:30 p.m.
Friends In Deed
Phone: 872-6055
Where: 301 W. Camino Case Verde, Green Valley
When: Third Thursday monthly at 1:00 p.m.
Nogales
Grupo de Apoyo de Diabetes de Nogales
Phone: 761-2147
Where: United Church Village, 320 E. Placita Naco
When: Fourth Tuesday monthly at 2:00 p.m.
En Español
Footprints
Purpose: A support group for parents who have lost a baby to
miscarriage, ectopic pregnancy, stillbirth or newborn death.
Phone: 873-6590
Facilitators: Mina Rose, RNC
Where: St. Mark's Presbyterian Church, the Calvin Room, 3809 E.
3rd St., Tucson, Arizona 85716 (park and enters on 2nd St.)
When: Second Tuesday of each month from 7:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Life After Loss
Phone: 205-7700
Contact: Roberta Leif, CISW
Details: Six-week program. Registration is required. Please call
for information, schedule and registration.
Postpartum Depression
Purpose: Adult group focusing on mood disorders among women
during life transitions; focusing on after birth.
Phone: 873-6858
Contact: Carole Sheehan, MA, RN
Where: St. Joseph's Hospital, 1st Floor O'Reilly Care Center,
Organ Pipe Cactus room
When: Wednesdays from 6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m.
Pulmonary Support Group, "Fresh Airing"
Purpose: For people with chronic lung disease and family members
Phone: 873-3910
Contact: Donna Stout, CRTT & Charlotte Werpy, RN
Where: St. Joseph's Carondelet B Room, 1st Floor
When: First Wednesday monthly at 12:30 p.m.
Spousal Support Group
Purpose: Appropriate for spouses/significant others and
caregivers of individuals with communication difficulties due to
stroke or traumatic brain injury. Purpose of group is to provide
support for each other through sharing strategies, coping skills
and common experiences. No Charge.
Contact: Ed Goulden, Rehabilitation Counselor
Phone: 873-3661
When: Tuesdays, 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m.
Where: St. Joseph's Outpatient Clinic Multi-Purpose Room, 1st
Floor Outpatient Rehab.
Surgical Weight Loss Support Groups
Evening Support Groups
Saturday Support Groups
Tucson Area "Pump Club"
Phone: 873-3468
Where: St. Joseph's Diabetes Care Center
When: First Tuesday monthly at 6:30 p.m.
Weekly Grief Support Groups
Reservations not required. No fee.
Contact: Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care
Phone: 205-7700 or 625-7777 in Green Valley
Morning Group
When: Tuesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Where: Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care
631 N. Alvernon, suite 361
Facilitator: Roberta Leif, MSW, LCSW
Afternoon Group
When: Thursdays, 4:00 – 5:30 p.m.
Where: Carondelet Hospice and Palliative Care
631 N. Alvernon, suite 361
Facilitator: Arlene Carlson, MA, LPC
Green Valley Group
When: Tuesdays, 10:00 – 11:30 a.m.
Where: Friends in Deed
301 W. Camino Casa Verde, Green Valley
Facilitator: Lee Morrison, M. Div.
Santa Cruz County Group
When: Wednesdays, 3:30 – 5:00 p.m.
Where: Dependable Home Health
857 Bell Rd., Nogales
Facilitator: David Buss, MSW, M.Div.
Widows and Widowers/Friends Together
Purpose: Adult grief group, focusing on the loss of a spouse.
Phone: 873-3588
Contact: Rev. Wendy Hackler, Facilitator
Where: St. Joseph's Legacy Conference Room, Basement
When: First and third Wednesday monthly at 10:30 a.m. - 12:00
p.m.
Youth Diabetes Support Group
Purpose: To bring together young persons and their families to
share information, problem solve and support one another as we
live with diabetes
Phone: 287-8068
Contact: Gwen Gallegos, FNP, CDE
Where: Holy Cross Hospital, 1171 W.
Target Range Rd, Nogales, Arizona
When: Meets last Thursday of the month, call for information
Carondelet/Santa Cruz Parish
Nurse Program
Purpose: to provide health care and support to families.
Phone: 872-2067
Santa Monica Catholic Church
212 W. Medina Street
Mondays* from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
Santa Cruz Catholic Church, Annex
29 W. 22nd Street
Primary Care Site
Tuesdays* from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Pio Decimo Center
848 S. 7th Avenue
Thursdays* from 8:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
Tucson Estates Clinic
(Open every Thursday January - April)
3029 S. Kinney Road
2nd & 4th Thursdays* from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m.
Centro de Salud
125 E. Madison
Nogales, Arizona
Thursdays* from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.
*Pending season and holidays
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