| Caregiver Support Groups General Information about support groups, call “Care Call” 926-2273. | |
Palmetto Health
Information about groups available
www.palmettohealth.org | Family Caregiver Alliance
www.caregiver.org |
National Family Caregivers Association
www.nfcacares.org | National Alliance for Caregiving
www.caregiving.org |
Today’s Caregiver
www.caregiver.com | |
Caregiver Support Group
Capital Senior Center (Maxcy Greg Park)
Corner of Blossom and Pickens Street
Columbia, SC
Phone: (803) 376-5390
Meet: 2nd Thursday of every month at 12 p.m. (noon).
| Seniors Raising Children
Columbia Bethlehem Community Center
2500 Elmwood Ave
Columbia, SC
Phone: (803) 376-5390 – Family Caregiver Support Program or (803) 254-8385 – Bethlehem Center
Meet: 2nd Tuesday of every month at 10 a.m. |
Memory Support Group
Rice Home
100 Finley Road
Columbia, SC 29203
Phone: (803) 691-5720
Meet: 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.
| Newberry Caregiver Support Group
Springfield Place
2000 Springfield Circle
Newberry, SC 29108
(803) 405-1585 or (803) 276-2601
Meet: 2nd Tuesday of each month from 5:30 - 7 p.m. |
Alzheimer’s Disease:
Alzheimer – South Carolina
Phone: (803) 269-9285
www.alz.org/sc | |
Caring for Spouses with Alzheimer’s
Caregiver Coalition of the Midlands
at Christian Counseling Center
1500 Lady Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 779-1995
Meet: 1st Tuesday of each month at 12 p.m. (noon)
| Alzheimer’s Support Group for Caregivers
Palmetto Senior Care
1308 Laurel Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Phone: (803) 931-8166
Normally held once a month; social worker sends a letter to caregiver when scheduled; call for additional information. |
Stroke | |
Stroke Education for caregivers and patients
Education Conference room
HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital
2935 Colonial Drive
Columbia, SC
Phone: (803) 254-7777
Meet: Every Wednesday at 4 p.m. | Palmetto SeniorCare Stroke Support Group Meetings are held on the second Thursday of each month from 6-7 p.m. at Palmetto Health Parkridge Diagnostic Center, 190 Parkridge Drive, Suite G102. Space is limited. Please RSVP at 803-434-1616. |
USC Stroke Recovery Group
USC Speech & Hearing Research Center
1601 St. Julian Place
Columbia, SC 29204
Meet: Mondays from 10 to 11 a.m. & Fridays from 10 to 11 a.m. Recovery group meetings are for those with aphasia (speech/language difficulties following a stroke). Caregivers meeting is held on Fridays from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m.
www.USCstrokegroups.org
Phone: (803)777-2693 | |
Parkinson’s Disease (www.parkinsonassociation.org) | |
Aiken Support Group
Aiken Regional Medical Center
Private Dining Room of Cafeteria
302 University Pkwy
Aiken, SC
(803) 641-5323
Meet: 3rd Thursday of every month at 11 a.m. | Anderson Support Group
Anmed Rehab Hospital
(large activities room)
1 Springback Way
Anderson, SC
(864) 332-2850
Meet: 3rd Thursday every month from 2 – 3:30 p.m. |
Columbia Support Group
Lexington Medical Center
Lexington Medical Park Auditorium
Bldg left of Hospital on Sunset Blvd
2720 Sunset Blvd
West Columbia, SC
Phone: (803) 874-3211
Meet: 3rd Sunday of every other month at 3 p.m. with no meetings May to August. | Greenville Support Group
John Knox Presbyterian Church
35 Shannon Dr
Greenville, SC 29615
Phone: (864) 895-9837 or (864) 246-4511
Meet: 3rd Thursday of each month at 2 p.m. September through May. |
Hilton Head/Bluffton
Hilton Head Medical Center
22 Bethea Drive
Hilton Head, SC
Phone: (843) 705-5349
Meet: 3rd Tuesday of every month at 1 p.m. |
Rock Hill Support Group
Healthsouth of Rock Hill
1795 Frank Gaston Blvd
Rock Hill, SC
Phone: (704) 248-3714 or 1-866-903-7275
Meet: 3rd Wednesday of every month at 1:30 p.m. | Spartanburg Support Group
Senior Center
142 S Dean
Spartanburg, SC
Phone: (864) 597-1150
Meet: 2nd Thursday every month at 3 p.m. |
Trident Support Group
Bon Secours St Francis Hospital
(West Ashley Meeting Room #1)
2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive
Charleston, SC
Phone: (843) 884-6949
Meet: 2nd Sunday of every month (except July) at 2:30 p.m.
| Myrtle Beach/Surfside Beach
Waccamaw Hospital
(conference room across from cafeteria)
Hwy 17 S Bypass
Murrells Inlet, SC
Phone: (843) 650-8756
Meet: 2nd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m. |
| Parkinson’s Support Group: Every fourth Thursday at 12:30 p.m. at the Waterford Retirement Community – Meeting includes free lunch, time to share with group, and a speaker discussing important topics relating to Parkinson’s Disease. Please make reservations in advance by calling (803) 699-1121. | |
