Health Support Groups

Provides a peer support program that matches individuals with blood cancer to trained volunteers who have experienced blood cancer. These volunteers offer personalized support based on age, diagnosis, gender, or specific concerns, providing understanding and reassurance by sharing their own experiences.

Provides virtual peer support groups to connect with others who live with or are affected by kidney disease, caregivers and their family members. There are many groups for specific needs or stages. Includes:

• Open group (A monthly meeting to discuss a variety of topics of interest)
• Transplant and living donors meeting
• Reduced kidney function meeting
• Caregivers meeting
• Pediatric caregivers meeting
• Home hemodialysis meeting
• Living with glomerulonephritis meeting and more

Provides in-person eight week peer to peer grief support groups. Groups are small and participants share their experiences and support each other.

Provides online support groups.

Provides three kinds of support groups to help individuals living with epilepsy. Groups include:

Knowledge is Power: Participants share challenges and the accomplishments of their epilepsy journey. Guest speakers are also invited to share their expertise in a variety of topics applicable to the epilepsy community.

Accelerated Long Term Forgetting (ALF) Support Group: For individuals living with ALF to support each other by sharing stories and helpful strategies for increasing their wellbeing and quality of life. This group is working on developing tools and resources for people who need support with ALF but who do not live in a city or town with extra supports.

Mind Matters: A weekly support group for individuals who are navigating life with epilepsy. To register click here or contact Info@epilepsymaritimes.org for more information.

• Navigating health and social services
• Communicating with school or workplaces about epilepsy
• Connecting with supports in the community
• Finding additional resources