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Support Groups / Telephone Reassurance

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SUPPORT GROUPS (Partial Listing) Regularly scheduled groups are available in the community to provide information, exchange ideas, and offer mutual encouragement. Most of these organizations also offer information and referral. Phone your local hospital, senior center or religious organization for additional support group information. (All telephone numbers are area code 650 unless otherwise specified.) HELPLINK 1 800 273-6222 Information and referral to a variety of self-help groups in the Bay Area Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) 557-1310 Al-Anon Family Groups 592-7935 Al-Anon Meetings and Locations 592-2364 ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) 1 415 904-2572 Alzheimer's Association (toll free) 1 800 660-1993 American Cancer Society 578-9902 American Diabetes Assn 1 408 241-1922 American Heart Association and American Stroke Association 259-6700 American Lung Association 543-2170 Arthritis Foundation (toll free) 1 800 464-6240 CORA    312-8515 (toll free) 1 800 300-1080 Serving victims / survivors of domestic abuse Cocaine Anonymous 1 415 821-6155 Community Gatepath   259-8500 Various support groups for disabled persons and their families ELLIPSE Peninsula AIDS Services 572-9702 Also case management services as needed Epilepsy Foundation (toll free) 1 800 332-1000 Family Caregiver Alliance   (toll free) 1 800 445-8106   Services for families and friends who are concerned with, or caring for, brain-impaired adults Gamblers Anonymous (toll free) 1 800 287-8670 Hearing Society for the Bay Area 1 415 693-5870 (TTY) 1 415 834-1005 Kara 321-5272 Emotional support, grief counseling Lost Chord 583-2819 For those who have had a laryngectomy Lupus Foundation of Northern California (toll free) 1 800 523-3363 Mills-Peninsula Community Resource and Information Line (toll free) 1 800 654-9966   Sponsors a variety of support groups Muscular Dystrophy Assn 1 415 673-7500 National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) 654-6834 National Kidney Foundation 1 415 543-3303 National Multiple Sclerosis Society (toll free) 1 800 344-4867 Nicotine Anonymous 1 408 236-2196 Palo Alto VA Health Care System Older Adult and Family Center Caregiver Assistance Program (toll free) 1 800 943-4333 Offers support groups and various services for caregivers of frail adults Peninsula Parkinson's Support Groups 1 408 734-1593 Peninsula Stroke Association 565-8485 Self Help for Hard of Hearing People (SHHH) 593-6760 Professional / educational and emotional support group for hearing-impaired persons Sequoia Hospital Health and Wellness Services 367-5998 Offers a variety of support groups Seton Medical Center Health Resource Center 991-6677 United Cerebral Palsy Assn 917-6900   TELEPHONE REASSURANCE LISTINGS A telephone friend makes daily or frequent calls to homebound individuals and offers personal contact to help alleviate loneliness. Assistance League of San Mateo County Friendly Visiting Service Heart-to-Heart Line 342-3882 Seton Medical Center Tele-Care Telephone Service 991-6665