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Alzheimer's Association Caregiver Support Group
Meeting Schedule

All support group facilitators listed are trained by the Alzheimer's Association. Dates and times are subject to change.  To confirm the date and time for each support group meeting, call the number listed for the group or call the Caregiver Helpline at 1.800.883.1180.  Groups are separated by county and color coded according to times of day:

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Afternoon 

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 Bergen County

 Morris County
 Essex County  Ocean County
 Hudson County  Passaic County
 Hunterdon County  Somerset County
 Mercer County  Sussex County
 Middlesex County  Union County
 Monmouth County  Warren County


Bergen County

Town Location  Date  Time Contact/s 
Englewood (Korean-Speaking Caregivers) Friends of Grace Seniors, Inc.  2nd Wed.  1p.m.  Jaesoon Choi- 201.541.1200, ext. 117
New Milford Woodcrest Health Care Center 4th Wed.* 6:30 p.m.(dinner served at 6)  Kathy Frost, Karen Angrist - 201.967.1700 *Note: Nov. (11.24)
New Milford Woodcrest Health Care Center  4th Fri.* 2 p.m. Elizabeth Alloca, ext. 4428; Kim Kiely, ext. 4481- 201.967.1700
* Note: Nov. (11.20) 
Norwood Buckingham at Norwood  1st Wed.  7:00 p.m.  Karen Angrist - 1.800.883.1180 
Oradell Alzheimer's Association 2nd Mon. 1 p.m.  Elaine Winter - 201.261.6009
Paramus Emeritus Assisted Living 1st Wed.  7 p.m.  Fred Meyer - 201.797.3421 
Ramsey First Presbyterian Church of Ramsey  1st Mon. 7 p.m. 

Barbara Seimbeida - 201. 857.5283

Ridgewood The American Red Cross Building  3rd Tues. 8 p.m.  Beth Gangeri, Lynn Kirby - 1.800.883.1180
Rockleigh Gallen Adult Day Health Care Center  1st Wed. 10 a.m.  Shelley Steiner - 201.784.1414, ext. 5340 
Rutherford  KIP Center  3rd Thurs. 10 a.m.  Marie Fletcher - 201.460.1600
Tenafly

Kaplen Adult Reach Center, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades 

2nd Wed.

7:30 p.m.

Vivian Green Korner - 201.408.1454
Tenafly Kaplen Adult Reach Center, Kaplen JCC on the Palisades 4th Thurs.* 11 a.m.  Vivian Green Korner - 201.408.1454 * Note: Nov., Dec. mtgs. cancelled

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Essex County

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Town Location  Date Time  Contact/s
East Orange GoodLife Adult Day Care 4th Wed.* 5 p.m.  Grace Ann Kelly - 973.674.2700, ext.2276; 973.674.5100
* Note: Dec. (12.16), due to holiday
East Orange St. Mark AME Church  1st Tues.  7 p.m.  Jacquelyn Rush - 973.674.5859 
Maplewood First Maplewood Baptist Church 4th Thurs.  7 p.m.  Denise Ferguson -  973.762.3778
Montclair Senior Care Activities Center  1st Mon., 1st Thurs.  7 p.m.  Ruth Rothbart-Mayer - 973.783.5589 
Nutley Nutley Public Affairs Building  3rd Wed.  7 p.m.  Lorraine Travers, Peggy Brodowsky - 973.284.4977, ext. 2410 
West Caldwell Crane's Mill Continuing Care Retirement Community 3rd Tues.  7 p.m.  Claire Akselrad, Chaplain Mara Joy Norden - 973.276.3008

Hudson County

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Jersey City Jersey City Medical Center 3rd Tues.  6:30 p.m.  Kathryn Schwed,  Rachel Bogom - 201.915.2041

Hunterdon County

New group in Flemington!

Morning

Afternoon 

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Flemington Hunterdon Medical Center  2nd Wed.  7 p.m.  Chris Stevens - 908.788.6401 
Flemington Insight Financial Building 1st, 3rd Tues. 7 p.m.  Patty Bay - 908.788.9390 
Lebanon  Lebanon Reformed Church Fellowship Hall 3rd Thurs..  1:30 p.m.  Eliana DiGiacomo, Pam Molnar - 908.840.4128 

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Mercer County

Morning

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Ewing Abrams Assisted Living  3rd Tues.  7 p.m.  Judy Millner, Mary Tomlinson - 609.883.5391
Hamilton  Clare Bridge of Hamilton  Every Tues.  10:30 a.m.  Barbara Stender - 609.396.6788, ext. 241 
Hamilton (Male Caregivers) Liberty Healthcare Services  2nd Thurs.  6 p.m.  Kevin Zepp - 609.890.0311 
Mercerville Robert Wood Johnson Ctr. for Health and Wellness  3rd Thurs.  6:30 p.m.  Barbara Stender - 609.396.6788, ext. 241
Princeton Buckingham Place Adult Day Center  4th Wed.  5:30 p.m.(light dinner will be served)  Hillary Murray - 732.329.8888, ext. 401 
Princeton Woodlands Prof. Building  3rd Sat.  2 p.m.  Louise Donnangelo - 609.426.1545
Princeton Junction Alzheimer's Association 1st Thurs.  1 p.m.  Barbara DeAngelis - 609.275.1180 

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Middlesex County

Morning

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Edison JFK Hartwyck Adult Medical Day Ctr.  1st Sat.  10:30 a.m.  Mary Buglio, Michelle Charme - 732.548.9770 
Edison (Young Wives Caregivers) COPSA, UBHC-UMDNJ  3rd Tues.  4:30 p.m.  Sandy Egan - 732.235.4919 
Monmouth Junction Oak Woods Senior Housing  3rd Thurs.  7 p.m.  Kathleen Ostertag - 732.355.1300
Monroe Township The Cranbury Center  1st Thurs. 7 p.m.  Marilyn Magan - 609.860.2500 
Monroe Township St. Peter's Univ. Hospital Comprehensive Care Group at Monroe Last Tues. 10 a.m.  Beth Chassin, Rachel Kallish - 609.409.1363
Old Bridge Raritan Bay Old Bridge Div.  1st Mon. 6:30 p.m. Wanda Forys - 732.324.4930
Old Bridge Golden Living Center 3rd Thurs.  7 p.m.  Priya Vazirani  - 732.360.2277, ext. 45 
Piscataway (Spouses Caregivers) COPSA, UBHC-UMDNJ  1st and 3rd Mon.  9:30 a.m.  Mary Catherine Lundquist
732.235.2858
Perth Amboy Raritan Bay Medical Center  2nd Tues.  6:30 p.m.  Rosemary Oarsley, Joan Fuhr - 732.324.4930 

Monmouth County

Morning

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Allenwood Geraldine Thompson Care Center  3rd Wed.  6:30 p.m.  Bonnie Lamont, Karen Hill - 732.938.5250 
Atlantic Highlands CareOne at King James 3rd Wed. 6:30 p.m.  Lynne Moffler, Jennifer Karbach - 732.291.3400, ext. 6507
Colts Neck Brandywine Senior Living 2nd Tues.  6:30 p.m.  Amy Willner - 732.303.3100 
Freehold First United Methodist Church  3rd Tues. 7 p.m.  1.800.883.1180 
Holmdel  Bayshore Hospital  3rd Tues.  7 p.m.  Carol Auletto - 732.914.9306 
Howell  Brandywine Assisted Living at Howell  1st Wed.  6 p.m.  Neepa Patel - 732.719.0100, ext. 2326 
Lincroft Sunrise Assisted Living  4th Tues.  6:30 p.m.  Linda Gelpke, Sara Birk - 732.212.1910 
Tinton Falls Kensington Court  2nd Wed.  7 p.m.  Kathleen Geren, Meghan Desmond - 732.784.2406 
Tinton Falls Atria Senior Living Group 1st Thurs.  10 a.m. Roxanne Smith - 732.918.1960 
Wall Allaire Center Senior Day Care  Last Thurs.  6 p.m.  Phyllis Noviello, Kerry Hudanish - 732.974.7666 

Morris County

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Town Location  Date Time  Contact/s 
Chatham Victorian Garden Adult Day Center  2nd Wed. 2 p.m.  Phyllis Flemming, Peg Tedesco - 973.635.2266
Chatham Victorian Garden Adult Day Center  3rd Wed. 7:30 p.m.  Peter Flemming - 973.635.0899; Peg Tedesco - 973.635.2266; Scott McDonald
Denville Alzheimer's Association  4th Mon. 10 a.m.  1.800.883.1180
Montville Montville Senior House  2nd Thurs. 10 a.m.  Sonja Mueser - 973.334.5519
Morris Plains  The Country Home for Seniors - Dining Rm.  2nd Wed.  7 p.m.  Ralph Lohr - 973.538.2117 
Morristown (Male Caregivers)  95 Madison Ave. (Morristown Memorial Hosp.) 1st Thurs.  7 p.m.  Peter Flemming - 973.635.0899
Pompton Plains Chilton Health Network Bldg.  2nd Wed.  7 p.m.  Eileen Port, Judy White - 973.831.5367 
Whippany Arden Courts of Whippany 1st Thurs. 6:30 p.m.  Carolann Roberto - 973.966.5181

Ocean County

New group in Whiting!

Morning

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Brick Shorrock Gardens Care Center 3rd Tues.  3 p.m.  Ann Possidel, Manya Kernaghan - 732.451.1000 
Brick Worthington of Chelsea 3rd Thurs.  6 p.m.  Joanne Prospero - 732.206.9800 
Jackson Bella Terra Retirement Comm. Last Tues.  10 a.m.  Paula Douglass - 732.730.9500 
Jackson  The Orchards at Bartley  1st Wed. 5:30 p.m.  Meghan Des Jardin, Debbie Carswell - 732.370.4700 
Lakewood  Kimball Medical Center  2nd Thurs. 7 p.m. Jane Kirby - 908.309.2583; Dolores Rosen - 732.657.1656
Lakewood  Harrogate  2nd Thurs.  7 p.m.  Patricia Richards - 732.905.7070 
Lakewood Leisure Park 2nd Tues. 2:30 p.m.  Mary Valis - 732.370.0444 
Lakewood  Leisure Park  2nd, 4th Mon.  2 p.m.  Dr. Mira Ahuja, Michael Bray - 732.370.0444 
Little Egg Harbor  Seacrest Village Nursing Home  2nd Thurs.*  2 p.m. 

*Note:  Groups are held in Jan., Mar.,Apr., Jun.,Jul., Sept., Oct., and Dec. - Rachel Bowen - 609.296.9292 

Manahawkin  SOCH Resource Center Ocean Club  2nd Mon.* 2 p.m. 

*Note:  Groups are held in Feb., May, Aug., and Nov. - Rachel Bowen - 609.296.9292 

Toms River Bey Lea Nursing Home  3rd Thurs.  2 p.m.  Edward Mount - 732.240.0090 
Toms River Magnolia Gardens Assisted Living  3rd Sat.  10 a.m.  Amy Palazzo - 732.557.6500, ext. 0 
Toms River Holiday Care Center 3rd Tues. 2 p.m.  Carolyn Olsen - 732.240.0900
Toms River Visiting Homemaker Svc. of Ocean Cty., Inc.  3rd Mon.  10 a.m.  Michele Mahieu - 732.244.5565  
Toms River The Haven  2nd Tues.  10 a.m.  Linda Panarella - 732.341.0880 
Whiting  St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church  2nd Wed.  10:30 a.m.  Marion Ariemma at Parish Nursing - 732.350.8688 
Whiting  Christ Evangelical Church  2nd Fri.  2 p.m.  Pastor Luckenbill - 732.350.0330 
Whiting  Liberty Healthcare Services  3rd Wed.  2 p.m.  Tangie Compton - 32.849.1116 
Whiting AristaCare 1st Thurs. 10:30 a.m.  Melinda McGullam - 732.849.4300, ext. 304; 908.251.2549 

Whiting (Male Caregivers)

Liberty Healthcare Services 3rd Thurs.  5 p.m.  Kevin Zepp - 732.849.1116 

Passaic County

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Clifton Clifton Family Medicine  2nd Monday  7 p.m.  Diane Lesko - 973.904.6186
Clifton Daughters of Miriam 4th Tues.*  11 a.m. - Lunch will be served Rhonda Brand, Paula Gershonowitz - 973.253.5709, 973.253.5235 * Note: No meeting in Dec.
Hawthorne  Van Dyk Park Place  3rd Thurs. 7 p.m.  Jean Connolly - 973.648.4062
Wayne  Christian Health Care Center of Wayne  2nd Wed. 1 p.m.  Amanda Zunick - 973.305.9155 
Wayne  Sunrise of Wayne 3rd Wed. 6 p.m. Gloria McDowell - 973.628.4900 

Somerset County

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Bridgewater Green Knoll Rehab 2nd Wed.  5 p.m. Peggy McArdle - 908.895.2032 
Hillsborough Summerville at Hillsborough Last Tues. 6 p.m.  Richard Dodd - 908.431.1300
Basking Ridge Sunrise of Basking Ridge 3rd Sat.  1:15 p.m. Georgia Spruiel, 908.542.9000 

Sussex County

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Lafayette  Andover Sub-Acute Health Care and Rehab. Bldg. 2  4th Tues.  11:30 a.m.  Susan Herleth - 973.383.6200, ext.211 
Newton  Bristol Glen  2nd Fri.*  7 p.m. 

973.940.6310 Sherri Pizzi, ext.1112; Cindy Mendoza, ext. 2101 *Note:  Dec. mtg. cancelled

Union County

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Afternoon 

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Town Location  Date  Time  Contact/s 
Berkeley Heights Runnells Specialized Hospital  3rd Thurs.  1 p.m.  Liz Carabuena - 908.771.5828 
Cranford  Cranford Senior Housing 1st Wed. 7 p.m.  Ruth Adelman - 1.800.883.1180
Mountainside  Brighton Gardens at Mountainside  1st Thurs.  7 p.m.  Donna Chapman - 908.654.4460 
Summit  Overlook Hospital  4th Thurs.*  7 p.m.  1.800.883.1180  *Note: Nov., Dec. meetings on 3rd Thurs.
Union  WISE Adult Day Services  3rd Tues.  6 p.m.  Kerry Jordan- 908.687.2995 

Warren County

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Town Location Date  Time  Contact/s 
Oxford Warren Haven  3rd Tues.  7 p.m. Dee Clayton - 908.475.7700
Phillipsburg  Warren Hospital  3rd Sat.  11 a.m.  Malika Brown - 908.859.6700, ext. 2276 
Vienna Selah Care Center 3rd Thurs. 10:30 a.m. Darlene Tranquilli - 908.269.8646
Vienna Selah Care Center 3rd Thurs. 7 p.m. Darlene Tranquilli - 908.269.8646
Hackettstown  Heath Village, Heath House 2nd Tues. 7 p.m. Danielle Lovenberg-Pangallow - 908.684.5236