How do support groups help?

I have been working with aphasia support groups since 2002. Support groups provide a safe place to attempt to speak. They also offer a place to share feelings about the experience of having a stroke, dealing with the health care system, and dealing with experiences after the stroke. Many people with aphasia struggle with anger, sadness, fear, isolation and feelings of helplessness after the stroke. Being able to talk about these feelings over time, and receiving the support of people who understand, gradually helps people to move through these feelings and to find ways to re-engage with life.

Here are two research studies about the effects of stroke on the survivors and co-survivors.

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2748854/?tool=pmcentrez

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2174472/?tool=pmcentrez

Planning meeting for the Chinese Aphasia Group

• Will meet 1st and 3rd Saturday of each month
• Hope to begin in early November, if all goes as planned

Discussion about where to meet

• Library for 10 AM to 11:30 AM
• Then those who want can go out to eat

Who we will to contact

• Health Centers
• Social Workers
• Speech language pathologists
• Neurologists
• Social Workers
• Senior Centers
• National Aphasia Association
• AphasiaNYC.org
• Volunteers who speak a variety of Chinese dialects
• Chinese media

More contacts http://www.chinese411.com/en/

Tasks

• Create announcement, flyer
• Create letter, postcard, brochure
• Facebook page
• Press releases
• Volunteers who speak various dialects of Chinese
• Volunteers who read and write Chinese

Health Centers In Chinatown, NYC

Charles B. Wang Community Health Center
268 Canal Street
New York, NY 10013
www.cbwchc.org

Charles B. Wong Community Health Center
125 Walker Street
New York, NY 10013

Bellevue Hospital Center – Asian In Patient Program
(212) 562-4002

Asian Health and Social Service Council, Inc.
39 Bowery PMB 135
New York, NY 10002
info@ahssc.org

Henry Street Health Services
265 Henry Street
New York, NY 10002
Senior Services
Primary Health Care

Gouveneur Healthcare Services

Bellevue Hospital

Downstate Medical Center

New York Hospital

Beth Israel Medical Center

Brooklyn

Lutheran Medical Center

Maimonides Medical Center

Queens

Methodist Hospital

Coney Island Hospital

Senior Centers in Chinatown, NYC

Anna Erika Assisted Living
(718) 727-8100
www.annaerika.com

Chinatown Senior Center
(212) 233-8930

City Hall Seniors Citizens Center
(212) 788-5580

Project Open Door Senior Center
(212) 431-9026

Sister Josephine Tsuei Senior Day Services
(212) 233-8402