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Cardiopulmonary rehab, speech/language pathology, occupational therapy, and physical therapy.

Panhandle Head Trauma Support Group facilitated by Rehab Center professionals.

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Speech Therapy
Physical Therapy
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Occupational Therapy

Care Groups are supportive small groups that are designed to provide emotional and spiritual growth to individuals. Eastview offers the following small groups:

- Boundaries
- Domestic Abuse (women only)
- Divorce Care
- Financial Peace University
- Grief Share
- Healing from Depression
- Sexual Abuse (women only)
- Sexual Integrity (men only)
- Veterans Support
- Cancer Support (for those with cancer and caregivers)
- Recovery
- Parenting Support

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Separation/Divorce Support Groups
Veteran Support Groups
Domestic Violence Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Parent Support Groups
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Works to achieve widespread emotional acceptance and intellectual understanding about the misconceptions and lack of information about blindness. Contact for information on chapters and support groups across the state.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support group for those with Cystic Fibrosis and family members or friends.

Provides college scholarships to people with Cystic Fibrosis.

Provides funds to people battling Cystic Fibrosis in Nebraska who have high medical costs due to treatments, doctor and hospital bills, and transplants.

Raises public awareness through public education, advocacy, and getting others involved.

Supports Cystic Fibrosis research.

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Medical Expense Assistance
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support groups available for mindfulness meditation, anxiety, smoking cessation, and overeating.

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Smoking Addiction Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Offers a support group for caregivers.

Support group offers educational and emotional support for those suffering from Parkinson's Disease, their families or interested friends, and health professionals.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Support groups led by peers for those who are visually impaired, blind, or deaf/blind.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Advocacy services for blind and visually impaired individuals.

Monthly meetings in Omaha and Lincoln, call for information.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Hospital and emergency department.

Cancer Care offering complete diagnostic and treatment methods, including surgery, chemotherapy, radiation therapy and biotherapy, screenings, hereditary risk assessments, cancer survivor events and support groups. Telephone: (402) 481-5400

Care Management Services counsel and help with arranging post-hospital care for patients and their family members. Telephone: (402) 481-8941

Center for Sleep Medicine where registered polysomnographic technologists conduct sleep evaluations for the diagnosis and treatment of problems such as sleep apnea and excessive snoring, narcolepsy, insomnia, night terrors, sleepwalking, and shift work adaptation. Telephone: (402) 481-9646

Conference Center for use by community groups meeting specific criteria based on limited availability. Catering is available, and fees are charged according to the room and services requested. Telephone: (402) 481-5646

Pastoral Care and educational programs to patients and their families. Telephone: (402) 481-5130

Urinary Incontinence Service is a confidential, individualized program which assists women with urinary stress incontinence to regain muscle control. Clients are given instruction in how to perform the Kegel technique, as well as the use of biofeedback-assisted muscle training to control stress or urgency incontinence. Other options include collagen injection, done by a urologist, to increase resistance for urinary leakage. Telephone: (402) 481-5629

Volunteers may begin service at the age of 14 and remain active for as long as they desire. Opportunities exist in over 90 areas at the medical center. For more information, call 402-481-3032.

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Cancer Clinics
Hospitals
Sleep Disorders Clinics
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Offers a diabetes support group that meets monthly providing free education and support for youth and adults covering a wide range of topics.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Information and support for individuals with Parkinson's Disease and their friends and family members.


Support groups are offered throughout the state.


Exercise classes and resources to support balance and mobility.


Fundraising for statewide services.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Therapeutic Exercise

Support groups include Serving Persons in Crisis Everyday (SPICE), Alcoholics Anonymous women's group, and Grief Share.

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General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Alcohol Use Disorder Support Groups

Hospital, acute care, emergency care, swing bed, skilled, and intermediate level care hospital (17 beds).

Extended care facility which provides long term care.

Home health services include nursing, nurse aids, physical therapists, speech therapists, and occupational therapists.

Fitness center.

Immunization clinics.

Outpatient clinics including eye (cataract surgery); ear, nose, and throat; general surgeon; OB/GYN; orthopedics; oncologist; podiatrist; cardiologist; e-mental health; audiology; vascular surgeon; neurosurgery; urology; gastroenterology; dermatology; wound clinic; and pain clinic. Nephrology and diabetes consultation via telehealth.

Nutrition counseling services.

Physical, vascular, pulmonary, and cardiac rehabilitation.

CPR classes.

Support groups related to Alzheimer's caregivers and Parkinson's Disease.

Provides education to those who have been diagnosed with diabetes.

Pediatric therapy.

Diabetes education.

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CPR Instruction
Condition Specific Rehabilitation Services
Home Health Aide Services
Childbirth Education
Hospitals
Recreational Facilities
Inpatient Rehabilitation
Flu Vaccines
Home Nursing
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Immunization
Disease/Disability Information

This gathering offers support and education for adult patients with leukemia, lymphoma, myeloma, and other blood cancers. Family members, caregivers, and friends are also encouraged to attend.

Cancer support groups.

After breast cancer support group:

-- Group for women who currently have breast cancer or women who are in remission.

Caregivers support group:

-- For caregivers and loves ones, this group provides support and education for support persons of our cancer patients.

Kids Club:

-- This group offers special support for children ages 5 to 13 whose parents or other close family members are diagnosed with cancer. Led by specially trained healthcare professionals, Kids Club helps improve communication between the child and their diagnosed parent and answer children's difficult questions about cancer. Kids Club is a one-night event from 5:30 pm to 7 pm and dinner is provided.

Livestrong at the YMCA:

-- A twelve-week, small group program and membership designed for adult cancer survivors at the Norm Waitt Sr. YMCA in South Sioux City, NE. This program fulfills the important need of supporting the increasing number of cancer survivors who find themselves in the transitional period between completing their cancer treatment and the shift to feeling physically and emotionally strong enough to attempt to return to their normal life. The program is conducted outside of medical facilities to emphasize that Livestrong at the YMCA is about health, not a disease.

Multiple Myeloma Support Group:

-- This group provides special support and education for patients diagnosed with multiple myeloma, a type of blood cancer, and their loved ones.

One-on-One Support for Cancer Survivors:

-- Meet with a social worker, dietitian, or our patient advocate to talk about specific questions or needs during your cancer journey such as emotional needs, nutritional needs, spiritual needs.

Patient-to-Patient Support:

-- Connect with another patient with a similar diagnosis.

Additional support groups are available; contact the June E. Nylen Cancer Center's patient advocate at (712) 252-9370 for questions on cancer support groups.

Provides an environment for patients and their families to talk openly about the stress of a cancer diagnosis. Offers support groups for all types of cancer, as well as support groups for caregivers, bereavement, and children. Some groups offer virtual sessions.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Alzheimer's Support Groups.

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Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer-to-peer program connects newly diagnosed patients and their families with trained volunteers who have experienced blood cancer firsthand and understand the process.

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Peer to Peer Networking
Health/Disability Related Support Groups

For those interested in attending Finding Hope, Breast Cancer, and Prostate Cancer Support Groups virtually, contact the Cancer Information Line.

FINDING HOPE SUPPORT GROUP:

- Open to any cancer patient, caregiver, or friend

- The group meets in person and virtually every third Wednesday of the month (except in December) at 5 p.m. in the 2D Classroom located inside the Memorial Learning Center.

BARIATRIC AND WELLNESS SUPPORT GROUPS:

- Persons who have undergone bariatric surgery and their family members are welcome.

- The wellness support group is also available to anyone who is considering medical weight loss or bariatric surgery.

- Monthly meetings held monthly at five locations.

- For more details, please call Memorial Wellness Center. For those in central Illinois, call 217-788-3948 or toll free at 866-205-7915.

BREAST CANCER SUPPORT GROUP:

- The group meets in person and virtually every second Tuesday of the month (except in November and December) at 5:30 p.m. in the 2D Classroom located inside the Memorial Learning Center.

Prostate Cancer Support Group:

- The group meets in person and virtually every second Wednesday of the month (except in November and December) at 5:15 p.m. in the 2D Classroom located inside the Memorial Learning Center.

Call or visit website for other support groups.

Information and referral.

Client assistance grants provides limited financial assistance for adaptive equipment, removing barriers in the home, and provides scholarships for special programs.

Tech Tools, a developmental technology library, provides adapted toys and devices to people of all ages with individual and physical disabilities at no cost to families and professionals. Libraries are located in Omaha, Gretna, Lincoln, Norfolk, Grand Island, Fremont, and Kearney.

Family Focus is a series of events throughout the year designed for the entire family unit bringing families facing similar challenges together and providing the opportunity to draw strength and knowledge as well as relax and socialize.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Assistive Technology Equipment
Disease/Disability Information
Offers education and information for those who have endometriosis. Can also provide information about where to go for help with Endometriosis Surgery or Adenomyosis Disease/Surgery.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information
Support group provides a forum in which patients and their families can discuss problems and anxieties concerning prostate cancer. Provides a source of information to new patients interested in keeping abreast of the most up-to-date medical information.

Offers group counseling services that integrates mental health treatment with that for substance abuse. This enables clients to learn skills to manage mental health challenges as well as skills related to substance use modification, which can significantly enhance their success rates.

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Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Substance Use Disorder Counseling
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Modern health care facility, with an Intensive Care Unit, a Birthing Center, Cancer Center, 24 hour Emergency Services and a fully equipped Surgery Department. The medical center offers a variety of programs.