E-mail: ann.thayer@alz.org
Provides programs for people with the disease, their families, caregivers, & professional care providers. Offers a Helpline, care consultations, support groups, education, training, and Safe Return Program.

Self-help groups, also known as support groups, are available on a weekly basis. A group specifically held for individuals with mental health disabilities gathers in the NRCIL community room for one and a half hours each week. Groups discuss current issues and concerns on a personal level in a strictly confidential setting. The group peer facilitators maintain discussion flow, speaker recognition, respectful listening, and member equality.

Please call our 7632 North State Street Lowville NRCIL office for a listing of all groups offered.

Self-help groups for people with disabilities aid in the process of symptom reduction in five ways: providing a social network based on common experience, reducing isolation due to stigma and discrimination; moving from the role of always being helped to helping, thereby increasing self confidence; gaining specific ways of coping from experience; serving as role models for less successful group members; and providing meaningful structure which is not imposed but is self generated from the group members themselves.

Support groups include; Leukemia and Lymphoma Society's Blood Cancer Support Group, Man to Man Prostate Cancer Support Group, Look Good Feel Better, Treasure CHests Breast Cancer Support Group, Grief Support Group, I Can Cope, Reach to Recovery, and Doorways to Healing. Yes

Offers peer-led support groups monthly for people struggling with breast cancer. Support groups are led by cancer survivors and are monitored by a trained social worker. Meetings are online only at this time (via Zoom) - check the website for dates and times.

http://breastcanceroptions.org/home_page0.aspx

Our specialized program trains individuals in the social skills needed to function as independently as possible in the hospital or community. Member Support Services, a ""club style"" program, offers social, recreational, respite, education, and self-help services for geriatric and young adult consumers.

Hand in Hand is a peer ran social group that has weekly meetings.

Call for more details.

Parent support meetings, advocacy for disabled child's education. Crisis intervention - hospital visits, meals, family activities, quarterly newsletter, lending library, parent quarterly newsletter, HCBS waiver/case management. Dept. of Health approved provider of services to persons w/traumatic brain injury. Mother's Bible study. OMRDD home & community based services, residential habilitation, day habilitation & respite provider. Family reimbursement program for emergency needs.

Bereavement support services are just a phone call away. In addition to being able to talk with a social worker, they have a library of books, tapes, and other resources that may help you. Bereavement support groups are held afternoons and evenings. These groups are open to the public and are free of charge.

New Hope Partners weekly groups are a critical support for families living with domestic violence. Evidence shows that domestic violence peer support group programs are particularly effective in "alleviating depression and stress, increasing self-esteem, self-efficacy and psychological well-being.'' When participants are asked how the group helped them, women mention feeling empowered, more valued, more confident and having new coping tools to make needed changes in their lives. Our groups reported more tangible support, higher internal locus of control and greater satisfaction with our services.

Northern Regional Center for Independent Living is a disability rights and resource center serving Jefferson and Lewis Counties

NRCIL promotes efforts to end discrimination, segregation, and prejudice against people with disabilities

NRCIL works with community partners to create an accessible, inclusive society

Through NRCIL, people discover choices to live more independently, with enhanced dignity