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Shares information on local parent support group meetings, such as the ASK (Autism Spectrum of Kearney) parent group or the Down's Syndrome Parent Support Group.

Information resource to headache sufferers, their families, and the health care providers who treat them. Information on types of headaches as well as a physician finder.

Support community via chat rooms and blogs.

Promotes research into potential headache causes and treatments.

Public education regarding headaches.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups

Education, early detection, diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, supportive care, follow-up care, and terminal care.

Breast Health Center offers comprehensive treatment and screening.

Cancer support groups.

Support group providing education and wellness counseling for those diagnosed with diabetes.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Diabetes Management Clinics

Free support services for those with eating disorders, their friends and family.

Help line by telephone.

Support groups throughout the country.

Therapist and clinic referrals.

Peer mentorship programs.

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Disease/Disability Information

Parent Resource Information and Support Meetings (PRISM) monthly support and educational / informational meetings for parents whose children (of any age) have disabilities. Educational classes for adults and teens with disabilities, call for reservations if child care is needed. Some transportation is available; call for information.

Parent to Parent Omaha offers parent to parent support for families of newly-diagnosed children with developmental disabilities.

Just Friends is a peer mentoring and friendship program that gives adolescents with developmental disabilities the opportunity to participate in social and recreational activities with adolescents who do not have developmental disabilities. Staff members provide support to participants, offer monthly social events and provide educational classes.

Best Buddies is a peer mentoring program for young adults with developmental disabilities. Through this program, young adults with developmental disabilities are matched to local college students and participate in social recreational activities. Individuals with disabilities experience friendships with their peers and feel included.

Recreational activities include STARS Basketball League and First Chapter Book Club.

Ultimate Life is a fee-based companion program in which Community Living Specialists (CLS) accompany adults with developmental disabilities to various activities. The program was created to provide opportunities for individuals to participate in the community in activities of their choosing with someone other than a parent and/or staff and consumers from residential settings.

Advocacy and referral source of information on developmental disabilities for the community. Provides disability awareness training for community groups as well as students in area colleges who are majoring in medicine, special education and related fields; provides a voice in the community for issues that affect people with developmental disabilities.

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Disease/Disability Information
Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Peer to Peer Networking

Provides support groups for adults and significant others of adults who have Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), Depression, or Bipolar disorder. Also invites those who have symptoms of OCD but have not been formally diagnosed by a healthcare provider.

Provides information for potential, current or family members of Lyme disease patients. Information available for health care providers too.

Support Groups in Des Moines, Cedar Rapids, Sioux City, Council Bluffs, Grinnell (Jasper County) and Davenport, Bremer County (Waverly).

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Offers support groups for:

-- Brain injuries.

-- Caregivers.

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Caregiver/Care Receiver Support Groups
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 Cancer Support Group open to anyone with cancer and meets at the Family Resource Center.

Offers client and family support services for individuals diagnosed with seizures, their families, and the community at large. Resource facilitators provide:

- Information and referral.

- Comprehensive case management.

- Advocacy.

- Counseling.

- Financial planning assistance.

- Support groups.

- Medical liaison.

- Community education.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Case/Care Management
Specialized Information and Referral

Provides a support groups for individuals affected by epilepsy. Different groups for adults, teens, caregivers, or parents. Groups are in person or virtual. Participants must register online for the group they want to participate in.

Register for virtual meet up via zoom:

Teen Virtual Meet-Up: http://bit.ly/3wU6nZg

Parent and Caregiver Support Group Virtual Meet-Up: http://bit.ly/2V0lGlG

Aims to provide encouragement, hope, and healing to those facing challenging circumstances and would like direction.

Offers different support groups for a variety of topics, including:

- Depression and anxiety (Bright Hope and Stronger)

- Single motherhood (Embrace Grace)

- Divorce (Divorce Care)

- Grief and loss (Grief Share and Oasis)

- Sexual abuse and assault (Restored)

- Pornography and sexual addiction (Compass and L.I.F.E.)

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
General Bereavement and Grief Support Groups
Separation/Divorce Support Groups
General Addictions/Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Sexual Assault/Incest Support Groups
Provides information for various health/disability-related support groups.
Provides nutrition education and support to individuals who have diabetes. The support group offers a discussion time and education relating to nutrition and diabetes self-management. The group meets on the third Thursday each month at 10 am in the Large Conference Room, located on the lower level of Veterans Memorial Hospital.
Fights type 1 diabetes (T1D) by funding research, advocating for policies that accelerate access to new therapies, and providing a support network for millions of people around the world impacted by T1D.

Outreach program includes the delivery of a Bag of Hope or Adult T1D Kit for families. Mentor families are provided to those newly diagnosed. Support groups for families and adults meet monthly.

Educational brochures and videos, newsletter with information both locally and nationally on fundraising events, research and products.

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Health/Disability Related Support Groups
Disease/Disability Information

Offers Health/Disability Support Groups include Freedom From Smoking, Better Breathers Club, Chronic Pain Management, Fibromyalgia, and Diabetic Education. Call for other support groups and additional details.

Connects you with other parents who have worked through troubling behaviors, medical procedures, and other challenges that may be similar to issues you are experiencing.
Dedicated to identifying the cause, finding the cure, and controlling the effects of Tourette Syndrome through its three-pronged mission of education, research, and service.

Services include the promotion of public awareness and understanding, direct funding for scientific research, information and referral services, physician referral to doctors who diagnose and treat TS, and organizations of local chapters and support groups.

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Disease/Disability Information

Provides hope to cancer patients and their families. In June 2023, Gems of Hope and its programs joined the Nassif Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation. Both the Community Cancer Center and St. Luke's Foundation are committed to the mission of Gems of Hope and continuing its programs and fundraising efforts to benefit local cancer patients in Eastern Iowa.

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

Provides support services to individuals impacted by cancer, services include: support groups, body image workshops, stress management, health and wellness education, and more.


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Disease/Disability Information