Provides a support group for persons with Parkinson's disease and their family/caregivers.

Provides information on epilepsy and a support group.

Reconnections promotes brain health, while creating connection for those living with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) or in the early stages of memory impairment. Together with professional staff, small groups participate in discussion groups, recreational therapies, learning experiences, and all have the opportunity for peer support and to socialize in a safe, stigma-free setting.

Services are targeted to family members of children with cancer, adult survivors of childhood cancer, and professionals working with childhood cancer. Also offers online support groups. Check website for more information or call for information on time and place of local meetings.

Dedicated to curing Leukemia, Lymphoma, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Myeloma, and Myeloproliferative Neoplasms, to improving the quality of life of patients and their families. The Society supports the following major programs: research, patient services, public and professional education, advocacy and community services. To learn more about our patient programs, please contact our Information Specialists at (800) 955-4572.

The ALS Association DC/MD/VA Chapter offers support groups for people with ALS, their families, and friends. The groups help people share information and strategies to maintain quality of life.

Support Groups for patients and families with Huntington's disease.

Provide information about support groups around the state. The groups operate independently of BIAV but are provided technical assistance as they want from BIAV. Groups provide personal support and fellowship from members and help people who are living with a brain injury - either their own, or that of a loved one. Facilitators and group members help each other adapt to living a life affected by brain injury and provide fellowship and understanding. Some groups offer educational programming, recreational, and/or advocacy activities depending on the preference of the members. A complete listing of support groups throughout Virginia for people with brain injury and their families is available online in our directory: https://www.biav.net/resource-directory

Offers support to individuals with heart disease, their family members and cardiac care professionals. Visits patient/family in hospital before and after surgery and maintains telephone contact thereafter. Holds monthly meetings: four each year are informational; six are support groups and two are social. Also publishes bimonthly newsletters containing cardiac-related information. Make visits to heart surgery patients 365 days/year at the Inova Fairfax Medical Campus Heart and Vascular Institute and Virginia Hospital Center (formerly Arlington Hospital). Have provided over 1262 Therapeutic Heart Shaped Cough Pillows during 3,558 visits to heart surgery patients.

The only national organization helping burn survivors everywhere get back to living. Work to empower anyone affected by burn injury through peer support, education, collaboration and advocacy.

Provides support and education for people with diabetes and their families. For more information on meeting times and places, please call 1-800-SENTARA (736-8272).

Support group for families and friends of Alzheimer's patients.

Provides both educational and emotional support for cancer patients and/or their families.

Support groups are important to our patients' healing process as they provide emotional support from others facing similar, difficult situations. They allow people to share their problems without judgment, process their feelings and hear others talk about their situation. Martha Jefferson Hospital offers a variety of groups that offer support groups for family members of cancer patients: spouses, parents, mature children and friends of cancer patients. Call for meeting times and dates. For more information on meeting times and dates, please call: Suzanne Smith at (434) 654-8407. For a complete list of support groups, please call Health Connection at (434) 654-7009 or 1-888-652-6663.

LupusConnect is an online community where people affected by lupus can engage with others to share experiences, find emotional support and discuss practical ways to live and cope with the disease.

Offers an informal forum, for those who have had an amputation, to share with each other and gather new information. Families are welcome. For the RMH support group, contact Judy Jenkins at (540) 689-4296. For more information on support groups contact the Amputee Coalition of America (ACA) at (888)AMP-KNOW, or visit the web site www.amputee-coalition.org.

Matches a person who is being offered a clinical trial for cancer with someone who has participated in a clinical trial. This provides the caller with the opportunity to ask and get answers to many of the questions only someone who's gone through the decision-making process can answer. Being matched with a Talking About Clinical Trials(TACT) volunteer can help the caller separate fact from fiction, myth and misinformation. Matches can be requested online through the website.

Provide support for those patients who have experienced or are currently in treatment for breast cancer.

Provides information hotline and educational materials for the public on cleft lip/palate and other facial anomalies. Also provides referrals to doctors and local support groups.

Provides individualized medical case management for people living with HIV/AIDS and referral services to other community resources. Services are based upon meeting certain financial eligibility criteria. Depending on available funding, VAN may provide financial assistance for HIV-related medical visits, lab work and HIV and pre-approved non-HIV medications. Additional assistance may include emergency utility assistance (electric and heating oil only). Valley Aids Network (VAN) is a funding source of LAST RESORT after other community resources have been contacted. We also have bilingual (English/Spanish) HIV Support Groups. VAN administers Short-Term HOPWA (Housing Opportunities for People with AIDS), a federal program that provides housing assistance to low income persons with HIV/AIDS and their families. Free Hepatitis B & Hepatitis C testing available.

Provides individual counseling, meal planning, insulin starts, meter instruction, group classes, and more.

A support group provides an opportunity for family members, caregivers, friends, and/or persons with dementia to meet and develop a mutual support system that will help maintain the health and well being of its members. Exchanging practical information on caregiving problems and solutions, sharing ways of adapting to the continuing stress of coping. Sharing feelings, needs and concerns in a supportive, non-threatening and non-judgmental atmosphere, providing social contact for family members who feel isolated by constant, continual caregiving. Group will be for Caregivers and/or person with Early-stage Alzheimer's or dementia. The group will be divided with two. Either caregiver or person with dementia may attend or both.

JDRF International - Mid-Atlantic Chapter provides a nationwide network of Advocates who are dedicated to finding a cure for type 1 diabetes.

Monthly meetings are held with informative talks about diabetes. Certified Diabetes Educators, Clinical Dietitians, Pharmacies and other staff members at Augusta Health are also available to speak with individuals who have been diagnosed with diabetes and their families. The group is free and open to the public. No registration is required.