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Support Groups of The Westerly Hospital
No
registration is required for Support Groups unless noted otherwise
below. All Support Groups are
free. For information on a Support
Group, call 401-348-2300 or 1-800-933-5960, x 3423.
Arthritis Support - 3rd Tuesday of the month; alternating months,
11 a.m. – noon, The Westerly
Hospital, Henry J.
Nardone Conference
Center. This support group is run by Andrea
Cheskey, Physical Therapist at The Westerly Hospital.
To register for a session, call 401-348-3346 or 1-800-933-5960, ext.
3346.
Bereavement Support - Six-week program, Fridays,
starting July 11 through August 15, 2008,
4-5:30 p.m. at The Westerly
Hospital’s Henry
J. Nardone
Conference Center. This program is run by Morgan
Ban-Droi, Bereavement Coordinator of Hospice of RI.
Breast Feeding Support - Every Saturday morning, 10
– 11:30 a.m. at The Westerly Hospital’s Henry J.
Nardone Conference
Center. This support group is run by the staff
of The Westerly Hospital’s The Women’s Health Center.
Cancer Support – The Cancer Support Group meets the last
Tuesday of the month, 6:00 p.m. at the office of Dr. Legare and Dr.
Knisley located at 11 Wells
Street, Westerly. The group is facilitated by Angela
DeLorenzo, Oncology Nurse at Dr. Legare and Dr Knisley’s office and
Jessica Sellins, Licensed Clinical Social Worker for The Westerly
Hospital.
Fibromyalgia Support and Education - 4th Friday of the month, 6:30
– 8 p.m. The Westerly Hospital, Henry J.
Nardone Conference
Center. This
program is run by a member of the community.
Prostate Cancer - 2nd Tuesday of the month, 7 – 8:30 p.m.,
Mystic Medical Center,
23 Clara Drive,
Mystic, CT. This program is run by Dr. Erik Enquist
of Champion Urology.
Scoliosis - Last Thursday of the month, alternating months, 6:30
- 8:30 p.m. The Westerly Hospital Board Room, 3rd Floor. Next session: May 29. This program is run by a member of the
community.
The Sensational Child - For families of children with
special needs. This program is run
by a member of the community.
Second Thursday of the month,
6-8 p.m., The Westerly Hospital Board Room (3rd Floor). This program is run by a member of the
community.
NEW! Stroke Survivors and Caregivers –
This program is run by Louise Giguere, stroke survivor, social worker,
educator, and poet, and Lisa Starr, Rhode Island poet laureate. First and third Tuesday of the month,
starting May 6, 4 – 5:30 p.m.,
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