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Patients & Families
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Support Groups
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SERVICES FOR PATIENTS & FAMILIES
Support Groups
For more information or to sign up for a support group, call the number listed. If no number is provided, call ELLIOT ON-CALL at 663-4567.
AICD (Automatic Internal Cardiac Defibrillator)
First Friday of each month
Elliot offers the only AICD support group in the tri-state area. Designed to help patients with internal cardioverter defibrillators and their families deal with unique issues.
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Caregiver's Support Group
1st and 3rd Tuesday of every month
10 to 11 a.m. at the Elliot Senior Health Center, 138 Webster Street
Interested participants can contact Barbara MacPhee, Senior Health Primary Care at
663-7051.
Chronic Pain Support Group:
Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday of each month
5:00 to 6:30 pm
EH Wound Center Conference Room
Guest Speakers on Educational Topics
Meetings are free.
Phone Bess Mosley @ 663-2767 to register.
Living Beyond Breast Cancer
Second Wednesday of each month from 6:00 - 7:30pm
Ongoing group provides mutual support and sharing to ay
woman who has experienced Breast Cancer
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Cancer Support groups...
Living With Cancer
Call for Dates and Times 663-2355.
For people with cancer and their families and friends to share interests and concerns.
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Obsessive Compulsive Disorder Support Group
This free
OCD 12 Step Support Group meets every Wednesday from 7:00-8:00 p.m. (except
major holidays, floods and snowstorms) at Elliot Behavioral Health Services,
445 Cypress St. Suite 8, Manchester. The group is NOT therapy, it is however,
a self-help adjunct to therapy. All attendees must be at least 18 years
of age, or if under 18, be accompanied by a parent/guardian. Participants
must either believe they have OCD or have been professionally diagnosed
with OCD. ( "Observers" are not permitted to attend.) For more information,
or questions, contact maryupholstery@yahoo.com or Docval123@aol.com
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/OCD12Step
Parkinson's
Third Wednesday of each month from 3 to 4:30 p.m.
For people with Parkinson's disease, family members, friends, or anyone who has an interest in learning more about this disease.
Coordinator: Mary Blevens., P.T.
Postpartum Emotional Support Group
This support group is intended to help support women experiencing mood, anxiety, and thought disorders during pregnancy and the first year after the birth of their baby. We will disucss issues and coping strategies related to the adjustment period and challenges of new motherhood.
The Postpartum Emotional Support Group meets weekly on Tuesdays, 10:30 a.m. to Noon in the Elliot Childcare Center Activity Room, located at 450 Massabesic St., Manchester.
To download a brochure for this support group, please click here. To download a flyer for this support group, please click here.
The group meets Tuesdays 10:30 a.m. to noon in the activity room of the Elliot Childcare Center, located on the Elliot Hospital campus at 450 Massabesic St., Manchester, NH. Parking is available in the circular driveway in front of the daycare center or in the parking lot. Babies are welcome and sessions are free.
Please contact Alison Palmer with any questions related to this group: 663-3052 or palmer1@elliot-hs.org
Prostate Cancer
Fourth Monday of each month from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Not your typical support group!
For more information, click here or call 663-4170.
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S.H.A.R.E.
Third Wednesday of each month from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
For parents who have experienced a miscarriage, stillbirth or neonatal death.
VNA Hospice Bereavement Drop-In Center
Mondays (except holidays) 9 to 10:30 a.m. Third Monday of each month, 6 to 7:30 p.m.
For anyone grieving the death of a loved one. Call the bereavement coordinator at 663-4005.
The Elliot Center for Weight and Health
Elliot's Choosing the Right Weigh program offers free introductory sessions on Sept. 11, Sept. 14, Sept. 18 and Sept. 21.
Elliot's Choosing the Right Weigh is a 16 week weight management program which focuses on your total health, not just on pounds on the scale.
FirstLine Therapy at the Elliot Wellness Center
Are you looking for a way to bring down your blood sugar, your blood pressure or your cholesterol that doesn't involve prescription drugs? And perhaps lose some weight in the process?
Would you like to have more energy, sleep better, and think more clearly? Maybe you have a craving for sweets that's hard to overcome.
Then you may want to join the FirstLine Therapy program at the Elliot Wellness Center. New participants may join the program the 1st Wednesday of each month.
The 12-week program is held Wednesday evenings from 6:30pm - 7:30pm. No classes will be held during holiday weeks. As always, qualified health-care professionals teach our programs with your best interest in mind.
Please call Donna Gleeson, RD, at 603-663-2521.
Offered to mothers and their babies as an opportunity to share and network. Weekly topics will include feeding, crying, sleep, caring for yourself, growth and development of your baby, dealing with relationships, managing and preventing illness, family nutrition, and finidng a balance in life. Groups are led by a Child Life Specialist/Nurse and we have monthly guest speakers.
Wednesdays, 12:00 - 2:00 p.m.
New Baby and Me
(newborns to 4 months)
Wednesdays, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m.
Little Ones
(4 - 8 months)
Wednesday, 9:00 - 10:00 a.m.
Movers and Shakers
(8 months to 1 year)
There is no fee and no registration is required for this group. The Mom's Group meets at 33 So. Commercial St, Manchester, NH and we are located on the fourth floor.
For more information call 663-5897