Support Groups
Compassionate Friends
Faith Lutheran Church
1000 D Street, Marysville, CA 95901
530/674-2595
Contact Person: Nancy Wright
Compassionate Friends is a self-help support group for
parents who have lost children from any cause. Meetings are
held at Faith Lutheran Church in Marysville on the first
Tuesday of each month, from 7:00 PM to 9:00 PM.
Share and Care Cancer Support
Group
Rideout Memorial Hospital Auditorium, Second Floor
726 4th Street, Marysville, CA 95901
530/674-7103
Contact Person: Alice Wygant, RN
Support for people with cancer in active treatment, their
families and friends. Meets 7 p.m., first and third
Wednesdays.
Alzheimer's Support Group
Summerfield Care Center
1224 Plumas Street, Yuba City, CA 95991
Contact Person: Helen Buford - 530/673-5738
Family and caregiver support group, facilitated by Helen
Buford, meets at Summerfield Care Center on the 4th Saturday
of each month from 10:00 AM to Noon. Brunch is served to
participants.
Eligibility Requirements: None
Fees and charges: None
Change of Lifestyle
Workshops
Yuba City Senior Center
777 Ainsley Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
530/822-4650
In the journey in life change is always happening.
Sometimes it is pleasant and exciting, other times it is
more stressful and challenging. The Nurse/Social Worker from
Olsten Health Services comes every second Thursday to the
Senior Center to share with Seniors or Caregivers ways to
deal with the changes that Seniors experience.
Hours: 10:00 AM to 11:00 AM on the second Thursday of
each month
Cost or Fee: None
Community Health Seminars
Yuba City Senior Center
777 Ainsley Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
530/822-4650
Community health seminars sponsored by Fremont-Rideout
Home Care.
Hours: Meets third Thursday of the month from 10:00 AM to
11:15 AM at the Senior Center to talk about such varied
topics as stress and bereavement, safety tips in the home,
nutrition guidelines, and other topics of interest.
Questions and Answers, too.
Tri-County Parkinson's Support
Group
St. Andrew Presbyterian Church
1390 Franklin Road, Yuba City, California 95993
Contact Persons:
Don and Jan Medley --530/ 674-5557
Services Provided:
Meetings at St. Andrew Church at 2:00 p.m. on 1st Mondays
for information and support to Parkinson's patients and
their families.
Better Breathers Club
Sponsored by the American Lung Association - 530/345-5864
for information about local meetings: 530/674-9710
Contact Person: Arvid Crabtree
Better Breathers meets at the Senior Center on Ainsley
Avenue in Yuba City. Information about Better Breathers may
be had at 741-4608, which is the number of the Senior
Center. The group provides information on medical issues
relating to lung health.
Bereavement Support Group
Rideout Memorial Hospital Board Room, Second Floor
726 4th Street, Marysville, CA 95901
530/749-4359
Contact Person: Pat McGillivray, MSW
Services Provided: Meets at Fremont Medical Center Board
Room at 7 p.m., on 1st and 3rd Wednesdays for people coping
with recent loss of a loved one.
Fees or Charges: None
Sponsored by Freemont-Rideout and Valley Hospice.
Alcoholics Anonymous
Hotline: 530 / 673-9380
Marysville
225 Sixth Street
Meetings 7 days a week
7:00 PM
Yuba City
517 Forbes Street
Yuba City,CA 95991
530 / 671-9968
Sunday through Friday, Meetings 12 noon to 1:30 PM,
8:00PM to 9:30 PM Saturdays, additional meeting from 10:00
to 11:30 AM
Pathways
430 Teagarden Avenue, Yuba City, CA 95991
530/674-4530
Services Offered: Assistance to adults experiencing
problems with alcohol or other drugs. The program includes
education, group and individual counseling, and ongoing
support for developing healthy lifestyles. Also offers
eduction and support to adults impacted by a loved one's
substance abuse in group sessions. Services also include a
16 bed residential treatment program. Staff includes
qualified substance abuse counselors, a medical director,
licensed therapists, amd educators.
Fees and Charges: Sliding scale according to ability to
pay.
Alzheimer's Aid
Fees and Charges: None to families or patients. Accept
donations, charge for books which they must pay for, and for
training nurses.
2717 Cottage Way, Suite 3, Sacramento, CA 95825
916/448-7001
This service offers support groups, videos, literature
and free information for caregivers. Telephone assistance
and support by volunteers. If you call evenings or weekends,
your calls are transferred to volunteers' homes.
Support Group for the Blind and
Visually Impaired
508 J Street, Marysville, CA 95901
530/742-4474
Good Friend Program
Sutter-Yuba Mental Health Services
1965 Live Oak Blvd, PO Box 1520, Yuba City, CA 95992
530/822-7200
Contact Persons: Lautie Desmond or Sharon Pasicznyuk
The purpose of The Good Friend Program is to maintain
daily telephone contact with the elderly who may be
experiencing physical and social isolation. At the time of
printing, this program is under development. Recipients of
the program would be identified through a network including
Yuba Sutter Senior Services, Sutter-Yuba Mental Health,
various home health providers, and community members. This
network will be supported by the "Citizens Concerned for
Seniors" group. The program is managed by a volunteer
coordinator and the volunteers who make the calls come from
the older citizen community. Training is provided by
Sutter-Yuba Mental Health. Volunteers will meet every two
weeks to insure that the needs of both the volunteer and the
participant are being met and information collected.
Procedures regarding confidentiality, referrals and
emergency response will be established and included in
volunteer training.
If you know a senior who would like to be called, or who
would like to become a volunteer caller please call Laurie
Desmond or Sharon Pasicznyuk.
This support group meets from 1:30 to 3:30 PM on the
second Thursday each month at the FREED office (Foundation
of Resources for Equality and Employment for the Disabled)
in Marysville.
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