SUPPORT GROUPS FOR CAREGIVERS:
The Lewy Body Dementia Resource Center currently offers four (4) caregiver support groups in the New York metro area:
MANHATTAN
Monthly meetings at Beth Israel Mount Sinai in Union Square – every second Wednesday from 11:30-1:00. Call or email Norma at 646-248-9292 or norma@lbdny.org for more information.
LONG ISLAND – Nassau County
Monthly meetings at the Lynbrook Library – every second Monday from 11:00-12:30. Call or email Ileene at 516-218-2026 or sonshin99@aol.com for more information.
LONG ISLAND – Suffolk County
Monthly meetings at the Melville Public Library – every second Thursday from 11:00-12:30. Call or email Suzanne Pargament: pargy95@aol.com or 516-457-3518 for more information.
WESTCHESTER COUNTY – Yonkers
Monthly meetings at the Montefiore Einstein Center for Brain Aging every second Tuesday from 11:00 to 12:30. Call or email Susan Visconti at 516-581-7258 or srvg@optonline.net for more information.
NYU LANGONE PEER MENTOR GROUP – THE FIVE BOROUGHS
The NYU Langone Medical Center Family Support Program offers caregivers a free Peer Mentor Program where they can benefit from talking privately, one-on-one, with others who have had a similar experience. Volunteer mentors, who are former or current caregivers of persons with Lewy Body Dementia, offer emotional support and practical information through empathic listening and sharing of their own experience. The Peer Mentor Program offers caregivers a “bridge” to support groups and other community and Family Support Program services that they may find helpful. Mentors and caregivers will “meet” over the phone. If you are interested in becoming a MENTOR or a MENTEE, please call Thea Micoli at (646)754-2277 or email her at Thea.Micoli@nyumc.org
BEREAVEMENT GROUPS:
For those who receive hospice care, a one year bereavement group is available for loved ones to attend. For all other bereavement support groups, please see below. Please note that these are general groups and are not specifically focused on LBD at this time.
BY TELEPHONE: DOROT offers a bereavement support group by telephone on Tuesdays at 5:00 p.m. For information, call: 1-877-819-9147 or go to www.dorotusa.org.
Manhattan
CALVARY HOSPITAL BEREAVEMENT GROUP, St. Jean Baptiste High School, 173 East 75th Street, 718-518-2125 or email sschachter@calvary.org
The Shira Ruskay Center of The Jewish Board – for all types of loss. See https://jewishboard.org/about-us/programs-services/jewish-community-services/bereavement-support/ or call 212-362-4608
Service Program for Older People (SPOP) – Free support groups for various losses. See https://www.spop.org/services/bereavement-support or call (212) 787-7120 ext. 506.
Long Island
SOUTH NASSAU COMMUNITIES HOSPITAL: BEREAVEMENT PROGRAM
516-678-2700, 2277 Grand Ave Baldwin
SID JACOBSON JEWISH COMMUNITY CENTER, East Hills,(516)484-1545
Offers a bereavement support group for widows/widowers.
Town Of Hempstead, Department of Senior Enrichment: (516)485-8100
Queens
HOSPICE OF NEW YORK: BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUP: GENERAL
718-472-1999, 45-18 Court Sq Long Island City
Offer two free bereavement support groups. One for any adult who has experienced a loss, and one for adults who have lost a spouse or partner. Participants must call to register.
Staten Island
UNIVERSITY HOSPICE: 718-226-6450, 78 Meisner Ave
Provides free, professionally facilitated bereavement support groups in Staten Island for adults who have recently lost a loved one.
The Bronx
CALVARY HOSPITAL/HOSPICE: BEREAVEMENT SERVICES – BRONX
718-518-2125, 1740 Eastchester Rd.
The Bereavement Services offered by Calvary Hospital provides a variety of bereavement support groups.
Brooklyn
CALVARY HOSPITAL/HOSPICE: BEREAVEMENT SUPPORT GROUPS – BROOKLYN
646-739-1005, 80 Willoughby St.
The Bereavement Services offered by Calvary Hospital provides a variety of bereavement support groups.
Westchester
The Bereavement Center of Westchester, 914-787-6158
