Support Groups

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If you have Alzheimer's

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We have many support groups, at various times and locations. Check to see if there is a group close to you that fits your needs.

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Support Group Facilitator Training

For volunteers interested in facilitating an Alzheimer's support group in their community. Training will include ways to encourage participants to share, how to run meetings and education on programs and services available to caregivers. You must pre-register for this training.

If you have Alzheimer's
Specialized support groups available for person's with Alzheimer's and their caregivers.

Memory Minders & The Forum
These time-limited support groups are for individuals with early-onset or in the early stage Alzheimer's or related dementia. Sessions combine education with support, and include personal and practical tips, memory aids and cognitive exercises. Participants must be willing and able to discuss their diagnosis. Free, but please pre-register. Memory Minders & The Forum meets at the same time as the Caregiver Support Group.

Early Stage/Early Onset Caregiver Support Group
Support group specifically for family caregivers of a person diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease before the age of 65 or those who have a loved one attending Memory Minders. Caregivers will be encouraged to share experiences and learn from each other. Free, but please pre-register. Caregiver Support Group meets at the same time as Memory Minders.

Location Date and time Register by calling:

Memory Minders/
Urbandale, IA 2nd Wednesday from 4-5:30 pm
Olivet Baptist Church
2743 82nd Place 515.440.2722

The Forum/
Urbandale, IA Last Tuesday from 5:30-7:30 pm
Olivet Baptist Church
2743 82nd Place
515.440.2722

Memory Minders/
Dubuque, IA Last Tuesday from 2-3 pm
Oak Park Place
1381 Oak Park Place 563.589.0030

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Support groups listed by county

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Iowa

County City Information Facilitator Contact

Appanoose Centerville 3rd Friday at 9am
Mercy Medical Center
1 St. Joseph's Drive Sherri Doggett
641.437.4111

Boone Madrid 4th Sunday at 2pm
The Cedars Assisted Living
600 N. Kennedy Kacie Purl
Darla Ugolini
515.795.3007

Cass Atlantic 2nd Thursday at 7pm
Homecare Hospice
1500 E. 10th Carol Schuler
712.243.7545

Cerro Gordo
Clear Lake Every Thursday at 9:30am
Zion Lutheran Church
112 N. 4th St. Naomi Nowland
641.357.6376

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Clarke Osceola 1st Wednesday at 5pm
Osceola Nursing and Rehab
2315 N. Main Carey Robins or
Melissa Paul
641.342.6061

Clinton Clinton 2nd Thursday at 1:30pm
(alternate months)
Mercy Medical Center
638 S. Bluff Blvd.
Leslie Merema
563.244.5607
or
Mary Kaup
563.244.3539

Clinton Clinton 2nd Thursday at 1:30pm
(alternate months)
The Alverno
849 13th Ave. N. JoAnn Snodgrass
563.242.1521

Clinton Clinton 4th Wednesday at 4:30pm
Prairie Hills Asst. Living
1701 13th Ave. N Peggy Jenkins
563.243.6870 or
Marla Jo McQuistion
563.212.8861

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Delaware Manchester 2nd Monday at 5:30
Good Neighbor Home
105 McCarren Drive Jodi Boeckenstedt or
Denise Bishop
563.927.3907

Des Moines Burlington 2nd Wednesday at 2pm
GRMC Klein Center
2910 Madison Ave. Sue Roberts
319.768.4620

Dubuque Dubuque 2nd Tuesday at 6pm
River Bend Retirement Community
813 Tyler St. Cindy Callahan
Kelli McElmeel
563.852.5001

Dubuque Dubuque 2nd Tuesday at 4pm
Alzheimer's Association
5900 Saratoga Plaza,
Suite 11 Joanie McKay
563.589.0030

Dubuque Dubuque (Early Stage Only)
Last Tuesday at 2pm
Oak Park Place
1381 Oak Park Place Marge Mohr
563.589030

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Floyd Charles City 3rd Tuesday at 4pm
St. John Lutheran Church
200 S. Main St.
Mary Augustin
641.228.2970

Arlene Thomas
641.228.4708

Franklin Hampton 2nd Monday at 1pm
Hampton Health Care Center
700 2nd St. SE Joyce Lindloff
641.456.4701

Greene Jefferson 1st Thursday at 6:30pm
Greene Co. Medical Ctr.
1000 W. Lincolnway Kim Clark
515.386.3228

Hancock Britt 2nd Friday at 1pm
Westview Care Center
445 8th Ave. SW Jamey Cassels
641.843.3835

Hardin Iowa Falls 2nd Tuesday at 4pm
Scenic Living Communities-Ashbrook
1121 N. Fremont Teresa Bahr
641.648.8014

Henry Mt. Pleasant 3rd Tuesday at 5:30pm
Mt. Pleasant Library
307 E. Monroe Rosemary Brown
319.931.3109

Humboldt Humboldt 1st Tuesday at 10am
Humboldt Care Center North
1111 11th Ave. N. Maria Olson
515.332.2623

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Jasper Newton 1st and 3rd Thursday at 9:30am
Newton Village
110 North 5th Ave. W. Carolyn Hobbs
641.792.2687

Kossuth Algona 3rd Thursday at 7pm
Van Buren Terrace
520 S. Blackford St. Heather Strohman
515.295.2414

Lee Fort Madison 4th Tuesday at 6pm
Fort Madison Community
Hospital Conference Room
5445 Avenue O Mike Bennett
319.835.5984
Kathy Hohl
319.470.1558

Louisa Morning Sun 1st & 3rd Tuesdays at 6:30pm
Morning Sun Care Ctr.
200 Washington Angie Smith
319.868.7751

Mahaska Oskaloosa 2nd Thursday at 7pm
Mahaska Co. Hospital
1229 C Avenue Sharon Randell
641.676.3649

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Marion Pella 1st Wednesday at 1:30pm
Pella Reg. HC Center
North Dining Room
LTC Dept. Elaine Malek
641.628.661

Marshall Marshalltown 1st Tuesday at 5pm
Grandview Heights
910 E. Olive
Jan Zatovick/
Marlene Hartwig
641.752.4581

Montgomery Red Oak Last Wednesday at 1pm
Red Oak Good Samaritan
201 Alix Ave. Chelsie Zech
712.623.3170
Lisa Vetter
712.623.6280

Muscatine Muscatine 2nd Thursday at 3pm
Senior Resources ADC
1808 Mulberry St. Barb Krall
563.263.7292

Polk Ankeny 2nd Thursday at 6:30pm
New Horizons ADC/
Neveln Comm. Ctr.
406 SW School Street
Room 16 Megan Hartwig
515.279.5176

Polk Des Moines 2nd Thursday at 2pm
Calvin Community
4210 Hickman Charlotte Newman
515.334.7277

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Polk Des Moines 2nd Thursday at 5:30pm
Trinity Center at Luther Park
1555 Hull Avenue Nancy Humke
515.262.5639

Polk Des Moines 2nd Tuesday at 2pm
Wesley Acres
3520 Grand Avenue Felicia Mullin
515.284.5250

Polk Des Moines 3rd Monday at 6:30pm
Park Ave. Christian Church
3219 SW 9th St. Roxian Miller
515.285.7981

Polk Johnston Last Wednesday at 5:30pm
Bishop Drumm Care Center
5837 Winwood Drive Stacy Hendrickson
515.270.1100

Polk Pleasant Hill 2nd Monday at 6:30pm
The Shores
1500 Edgewater Drive Naomi Altenhofen
515.262.2444

Polk Urbandale 2nd Monday at 6:30pm
Deerfield
2nd Floor Activity Room
13731 Hickman Road
Elaine Lundstrom
515.251.8277

Polk Urbandale 3rd Monday at 6:30pm
Senior Suites of Urbandale
4700 84th Street Melinda Herriott
w)515.270.9700 or
h)515.965.3234

Polk West Des Moines 1st and 3rd Monday at 1:30pm
Alzheimer's Association
1730 28th Street
Beth Bishop
515.224.5863

Polk West Des Moines
(Early Stage Only)
2nd Wednesday at 4pm
Call for location
Connie Lucas
515.440.2722

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Poweshiek Grinnell 2nd Tuesday at 10am
The Coffee Shop
915 Main Gladys Booth
641.236.7298

Scott Davenport 2nd Monday at 11am
C.A.S.I. Center
1035 W. Kimberly Road Marilyn Woelke
309.277.0167

Scott Davenport 4th Thursday at 4pm
Country House Assisted Living
900 W. 46th Street Nicole Will
563.391.1111

Story Ames 1st Tuesday at 1pm
Mary Greeley Hospital
1111 Duff Avenue
Mike Long
515.233.7588

Story Story City 4th Monday at 4pm
Bethany Manor
212 Lafayette Sandy Aneson
515.733.4325

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Union Creston 2nd Tuesday at 6pm
Alzheimer's Association
228 North Pine Jaylen Dobbs
641.782.2568

Van Buren Keosauqua 1st Thursday at 7pm
Van Buren Good Samaritan
819 Country Lane Road Colleen Cooper
319.293.3761

Wapello Ottumwa 2nd Wednesday at 6:30pm
First United Methodist Church
202 East 4th St. Amanda Konrad
641.684.4000

Wapello Ottumwa 1st Sunday at 2pm
Good Samaritan
2035 Chester Karla Hinton
641.682.8041

Warren Indianola 1st Monday at 6pm
Good Samaritan Home
708 S. Jefferson Barbara Johnson
515.961.2596

Webster Fort Dodge 1st Thursday at 2pm
Alzheimer's Association
1605 1st Ave. North
Suite 4 Diane Rollins
515.573.2121

Webster Gowrie Last Wednesday at 1pm
Gowrie Senior Suites
1808 Main Cindy Youngquist
515.352.3612

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Illinois

Henry Geneseo 2nd Tuesday at 6:30pm
Geneseo Public Library
218 S. State St
John Farrell
309.441.5578

Marilyn Woelke
309.277.0167

Henry Geneseo 2nd Thursday at 12:30pm
Hammond House
215 W. Wells Marliyn Woelke
309.277.0167

Henry Kewnee 1st Tuesday at 1pm
Henry County Seniors
219 W.Senior Linda Gilman
309.277.0467

JoDaviess Galena
4th Thursday at 11:30am
Galena Stauss Hospital
215 Summit
Linda Mordin
815.777.3453

Mercer Aledo 2nd Wednesday at 2pm
Aledo Rehab & Healthcare
304 SW 12th St.
Cheryl Brown or
Shaila Hart
309.582.5376

Rock Island Moline 3rd Tuesday at noon
Intouch Adult Day Center
4011 Avenue of the Cities,
Suite 102 Linda Gilman
309.277.0167

Rock Island Moline 3rd Thursday at 7pm
Alternatives Main Office
1518 5th Avenue Patrick Doherty
309.277.0167

Rock Island Moline 2nd and 4th Saturday at 9:30am
Butterworth Center
1105 8th St. Jackie Reid
309.797.9304

Rock Island Moline 3rd Thursday at 6:30pm
Alternatives, Sage Center
1526 5th Avenue Sonya Paddock
309.277.0167

Rock Island Moline 3rd Tuesday at 6pm
Heartland HealthCare Center
833 16th Ave. Denise Musgrove
or Regina Mohr
309.764.6744

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