Parkinson`s disease support, exercise, and therapy groups in

 Parkinson’s disease support, exercise, and therapy groups in Southern California Updated May 2015
Listed below are Parkinson’s support groups and fitness and therapy groups that take place in a support group-­‐
like setting throughout southern California. Leaders are listed for most groups. Group organizers appreciate RSVPs; please reach out before attending a new group. Compiled by the Southern California Parkinson’s Newsletter, [email protected]. Kern County Bakersfield:
Parkinson’s Support Group of Kern County, 2nd Tue, 2-4 pm. First Presbyterian Church, 1705
17 St. Ron Bennett [email protected] Los Angeles County ANTELOPE VALLEY
Lancaster: PD Support Group & Information Meeting, 2nd Monday, 1-3 pm, Arbor Court Senior Living Center,
44916 10th St. West, 93534. Contact Neurosearch for info: [email protected]
Palmdale: Palmdale PD Support Group, 3rd Tue, 10 am-12 pm, Palmdale Senior Center, 1002 E. Ave. Q-12.
Joan Osborne, (661)-553-9011
CENTRAL LA/DOWNTOWN LA
Little Tokyo: Support Group, 4th Sat, 10 am-12 pm. Union Church of Los Angeles, 401 E. Third Street, 90013.
Lorraine Arakaki, (213) 629-3876.
USC Parkinson’s Support Group, USC Health Sciences Campus (90033). Contact Kara Barton: (323) 4427556, [email protected]
SANTA CLARITA VALLEY
Santa Clarita: Santa Clarita Valley Parkinson’s Support Group, last Fri, 2:30-4 pm. Senior Center, 22900
Market St. Diane Arnold Reyes (661) 993-7178
SAN FERNANDO VALLEY/VERDUGOS
Burbank: PD Support Group, 2nd Wed, 12:30-2:30 pm, Joslyn Senior Center. Vi & Allan Lasky (818) 846-9103
Burbank: “Live Wires” DBS/PD support group, Providence St. Joseph Medical Center, 4th Thur, 10:30-11:30
am. Ulrike Draper ([email protected]) or Rebecca (818) 847-3271
Encino: Caregivers meeting, 3rd Wed, 7 pm, Providence Tarzana Outpatient Therapy Center
5359 Balboa Blvd. Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Glendale: Young Onset/young at heart Parkinson’s Support Group, 3rd Wed, Vallejo Seventh Day Adventist
Church, 300 Vallejo Dr. Coordinated by Huntington Hospital, (626) 535-9552
Northridge: CARE Parkinson’s Support Group (2-in-1 meeting for caregivers and people with Parkinson’s), 3rd
Mon, 3:30-5:30 pm, Northridge Medical Center, 184300 Roscoe Blvd. RSVP: Jeri Posner, MFT, (818) 776-1183
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Sherman
Oaks: Sherman Oaks Parkinson’s Support Group, 4th Thur, 3-4:30 pm. Library Sherman Oaks/East
Valley Adult Center, 5060 Van Nuys Blvd. John Mason, (310) 991-0787
West Hills: West Hills Caregivers Support Group, 2nd Sat, 1:30-3 pm. Contact Cindy Marcus, (818) 988-1040
Woodland Hills: Young Onset and Active PWP, 3rd Wed, 6:30-8 pm. Contact Viviane Tondeur,
NeuroCommunity,
(818) 885-8623, for more information.
Nuys: Van Nuys Weekly Discussion Group, every Mon, 1-2:30 pm. Contact Viviane Tondeur,
Van
NeuroCommunity, (818) 885-8623, for more information.
SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
Arcadia: Arcadia PD Support Group, 3rd Fri, 2-3 pm, Arcadia Community Senior Center, 365 Campus Drive,
Arcadia,
91007, (626) 574-5130
Claremont:
Parkinson’s Explorers Support Group, 2nd Sat, 10 am-12 pm, Joslyn’s Senior Center, 650 N.
Mountain Avenue, Claremont, 91711. Scott Foster, (760) 240-0278.
Glendora: Glendora educational & caregiver meeting, 2nd Wed, 7 pm, Foothill Nursing Center, 401 W. Ada
Avenue.
Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
La Canada Flintridge: PD Support Group, 3rd Friday, 11 am-12:30 pm. Light on the Corner Church, 1911
Waltonia Drive, Montrose, 91020, (818) 790-0123.
LaVerne: Parkinson’s Support Group, LaVerne Community Center. [email protected] for more
information.
Pasadena: Huntington Memorial Hospital. (PD, YOPD, caregivers support; exercise classes). (626) 535-9552
Pasadena: PD Support Group, 4th Tue, 3-4 pm. Pasadena Senior Center, 85 E. Holly Street, 91103, (626)
795-4331.
San
Marino: START support group. 3rd Wed, 3pm, San Marino Community Church, 1750 Virginia Road,
91108. Contact: Barbara Miller, (626) 284-7854
Sierra Madre: PD Group Exercise Class. 10-week group fitness class for PD. Didi Matthews, InCourage
Physical
Therapy, www.incouragept.com, [email protected], (626) 722-8032
South
Pasadena: PD Support Group, 3rd Wed, 1-2 pm. South Pasadena Senior Center, 1102 Oxley Street,
91030, (626) 403-7360.
SOUTH BAY/LONG BEACH
Beach: PD Educational meeting, 1st Wed, 7 pm. Bixby Knolls Towers, 3737 Atlantic Avenue, Long
Long
Beach. Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Manhattan Beach: Beach Cities educational meeting, 4th Tue, 7 pm, American Martyrs Catholic Church, 659
Street. Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
15th
Torrence: Southbay Young Onset Support Group. 3rd Sat, 2-4 pm, Memorial Medical Center. Contact: Steve
Porter (310) 420-0489.
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Cheviot Hills: Young Onset & Young at Heart PD Support Group, last Mon, 7:30-9 pm, Cheviot Hills
Recreation Center, contact Mike Weinman, (310) 344-5639, [email protected].
Culver City: PD support group, first Fri, 1-2:30 pm. Rose Menchaca, [email protected], (310) 890-2498.
West Hollywood: “Big Voices” speech therapy group, 2nd & 4th Tue, $15. Cedars-Sinai, (310) 423-9242
West LA: Educational meeting, 3rd Thur, 7 pm, OPICA Adult Day Care Center, 11759 Missouri Avenue.
Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Mid City: Lets Talk About Parkinson’s Support Group, 2nd & 4th Thur, 11 am-12:30 pm. Bethel Lutheran
Church, 5750 W Olympic Blvd, contact Sandy Yaras (323) 578-8865, [email protected]
West LA: P.L.L.U.S (“Parkinson’s Learning, Lifelong Useful Skills”) Program, Westside YMCA. 3rd Fri,
12:20 pm. (310) 477-1511, www.tinyurl.com/YMCApllus
West LA: 2-in-1 meeting (Caregiver & Person w/Parkinson’s), 1st Thur, 7 pm, OPICA Adult Day Care Center,
11759 Missouri Avenue. Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Westwood: Parkinsonian Disorders Support Group, Ronald Reagan Med Ctr UCLA, Rm 3102, first Fri, 2-4
pm, Facilitator Loretta Mazorra, Geriatric Nurse Practitioner. RSVP: [email protected], (310) 206-2154
Westwood: Westside Support Group, 2nd Mon,10-11:30 am, Westwood Presbyterian, Nessa Weinman,
(310) 874-8722. [email protected]
Orange County Parkinson’s In Balance, (support groups, fitness classes), www.parkinsonsinbalance.net/ Groups: Brea, Irvine,
Orange; Fitness classes: Anaheim Hills, Lake Forest, Mission Viejo, Newport Beach, Orange Parkinson’s Movement Disorder Institute, (PD, YOPD, Dystonia support groups), www.pmdi.org/supportgroups.html , Groups in Anaheim, Fountain Valley, Laguna Hills, Long Beach,
Irvine: California Parkinson’s Group. Monthly meetings for all; bi-monthly Care Partner meetings.
http://www.calparkinsons.org/, [email protected]
Lake Forest: Saddleback Church Parkinson’s Support Group, Lake Forest www.saddlebackpd.org Newport Beach: Educational & Caregiver meeting, 2nd Thur, 7 pm. Oasis Senior Center, 801 Narcissus,
Corona Del Mar. Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
3 of 5 Riverside County Palm Desert: Parkinson’s Educational Meeting, 4th Mon, 7 pm, Portola Community Center, 45480 Portola
Avenue.
Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Palm
Desert: Parkinson’s meeting, 2nd Mon, 6:30 pm, Portola Community Center, 45480 Portola Avenue.
Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
Rancho Mirage: Parkinson’s Support Group of the Desert, every Tue, 2-3 pm. Annenberg Center for Health
Sciences
at Eisenhower Medical Center, (760) 773-1480
Riverside:
Riverside Parkinson’s Support Group (also fitness classes, “Parkie Breakfasts”) www.rpsgca.org
Temecula:
Parkinson’s Educational Meeting, 3rd Mon, 6:30 pm. Mary Phillips Senior Center, 41845 Sixth
Street, Parkinson’s Resource Organization, (760) 773-5628, www.parkinsonsresource.org
San Bernardino County Loma Linda: Parkinson's Support Group, 3rd Tue, 1-2:30 pm. Loma Linda Univ Health Care. (909) 558-2128
Loma Linda: Caregivers Support Group. For caregivers of people with ALS, Parkinson’s, MS, Alzheimer‘s, or
Stroke. 3rd Mon, 10-11:30 am. Loma Linda University Health Care. (909) 558-2128
San Diego County Parkinson’s Association, (Parkinson’s, atypical PD, newly diagnosed, caregivers, young onset, Spanish,
Veterans; Tai Chi, speech therapy, physical therapy, water exercise, therapeutic singing, throughout the county)
http://www.parkinsonsassociation.org/resources/support-groups Tri-City Medical Center Oceanside, Parkinson’s Exercise Group. Fridays, 11 am-2pm. (760) 940-7272,
www.tricitymed.org/events
San Luis Obispo County Central Coast Parkinson Support Groups, (Parkinson’s support, caregiver groups). www.ccpsg.org
North County Parkinson’s Support Group, 3rd Tue, 1 pm. First Presbyterian Church, 610 Main Street,
Templeton. Barbara Stewart, (805) 237-2205 and Phyllis Peters, (805) 238-3525
San Luis Obispo Parkinson’s Support Group, 3rd Fri, 12 pm (optional lunch at 11:30 am). IHOP – Community
Meeting Room, 212 Madonna Rd. Gloria Rossini (805) 541-8633, [email protected]
South County Caregivers of Parkinson’s, last Wed, 10 am. Arroyo Grande (contact for details and location),
Alyce Crawford, (805) 534-9234, [email protected]
4 of 5 Santa Barbara County Santa Barbara: Care Partner Support Group, every Tue, 1 pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 4575 Auhay Dr.
Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org, [email protected]
Santa Barbara: Chat Group, 4th Tue, 2 pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 4575 Auhay Dr. Parkinson Association
of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org, [email protected]
Santa Barbara: Monthly speakers series, 2nd Tue, 2 pm, St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 4575 Auhay Dr.
Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org, [email protected]
Santa Barbara: Move to Connect Exercise class, every Tue & Thur, 1 pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 4575
Auhay Dr. Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org, [email protected]
Santa Barbara: We Are Not Alone Support Group, 2nd Tue, 2:15 pm. St. Andrew’s Presbyterian, 4575 Auhay
Dr. Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org, [email protected]
Santa Barbara: Young Onset Parkinson Support Group, 3rd Sun, 3-4 pm, Grace Lutheran Church, 3869 State
Street, Upper Level. Parkinson Association of Santa Barbara, (805) 683-1326, www.mypasb.org,
[email protected]
Santa Maria: Santa Maria Parkinson’s Support Group, 4th Thur, 1-3, Grace Baptist Church, 605 E. McCoin
Lane, Santa Maria. Stan Boswell, (805) 937-7776, [email protected]
Ventura County Camarillo PD Support Group, 4th Tue, 1-3 pm, Camarillo Health Care District, 3639 Las Posas Rd. Bldg. F,
Camarillo. Grant Fairbanks, (805) 482-4139 and Art Porter, (805) 482-6382, [email protected]
Equilibrium Balance Performance Center, Ventura, www.equilibrium-bpc.com Balance support group 1st
Wed, (805) 339-9718.
Ojai PD Support Group, 2nd Wed, 1-3 pm. The Little House, 111 W. Santa Ana St., Ojai. Ron Segal (850) 6464120, [email protected], and Michelle Herzel, [email protected]
Simi Valley PD Support Group, 3rd Thur, 1-3 pm, Simi Senior Center, 3900 Avenida Simi, Simi Valley. Mike
Pierce, (805) 404-0388, [email protected]
Tango for PD, from Energy of Dance: (Thousand Oaks) free weekly tango class for those with PD and their
family and caregivers. Mondays, 11 am-12:30 pm, Dance 4 Wellness Dance Studio. www.energyofdance.org Ventura PD Support Group. 2nd Wed, 1-3 pm. Lexington Assisted Living, Ventura. Group Leader: Patty
Jenkins, (805) 766-6070, [email protected]
Westlake Village PD Support Group & Caregivers Support Group, 1st Fri, 10:30 am-12:30 pm, Westminster
Presbyterian Church, 32111 Watergate Rd, Rich Grenn or Don Miller, (805) 230-2462, [email protected]
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