Stanford-led Parkinson's Caregiver-only Support Group Meetings on SF Peninsula
Stanford is proud to lead five Parkinson's disease (PD) caregiver-only support group meetings on the San Francisco Peninsula. We welcome caregivers who live or work in these areas to join us:
Pre-pandemic, these groups meet face-to-face, in churches or care facilities. During the pandemic, these groups are meeting virtually. For some of the meetings, you are welcome to join by phone-only or video. For other meetings, attendees join by video. We hope to re-establish our face-to-face meetings (even masked face to masked face meetings) as soon as it is safe to do so.
Contact the group leaders about being added to the meeting reminder email list for these meetings. Our meetings are listed below.
Occasionally, our caregiver-only support group members are invited to virtual events. View recordings of these events.
Belmont – PD Caregivers Support Group
* 1st Thursday in-person meetings, indoors
* 3rd Thursday virtual meetings
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Steven Russell, phone 650-995-6379, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach
Facilitator: Ann Blick Hamer, LCSW
In-person meetings, indoors
1st Thursday, 11:30am-1:30pm
Virtual meetings
3rd Thursday, 11:30am-1:30pm
RSVP: Yes, required
Daly City – PD Caregivers Support Group
Virtual meetings
RSVP required before each meeting
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Steven Russell, phone 650-995-6379, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach
Facilitator: Ann Blick Hamer, LCSW
Virtual meetings
2nd and 4th Tuesday, 11:30am-1:30pm
RSVP: Yes, required
Los Altos – Adult Child PD Caregivers Support Group
* 4th Tuesday virtual meetings
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Denise Dagan, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach, phone 650-867-7419
Facilitator: Denise Dagan
Virtual meetings
4th Tuesday, 7-8:30pm
RSVP: Yes, required
Los Altos – PD Caregivers Support Group
* 2nd Tuesday in-person meetings, indoors at Los Altos United Methodist Church (655 Magdalena Ave, Los Altos)
* 4th Thursday virtual meetings
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Denise Dagan, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach, phone 650-867-7419
Facilitator: Susan Weisberg, LCSW
In-person meetings, indoors
2nd Tuesday, 10:30am-noon
Virtual meetings
4th Thursday, 10:30am-noon
RSVP: Yes, required
Menlo Park – PD Caregivers Support Group
In-person meetings, outdoors and physically-distanced
RSVP required before each meeting
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Robin Riddle, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach, phone 650-724-6090
Facilitator: Susan Weisberg, LCSW
In-person meetings, outdoors
2nd Friday, Noon-2pm
RSVP: Yes, required
Menlo Park – PD Caregivers Support Group
In-person meetings, outdoors and physically-distanced
RSVP required before each meeting
Contact group leader to join meeting reminder email list
Contact: Robin Riddle, Stanford Parkinson’s Community Outreach, phone 650-724-6090
Facilitator: Stephne Lencioni, LCSW
In-person meetings, outdoors
3rd Tuesday, Noon-2pm
RSVP: Yes, required
Why caregiver-only meetings? Caregivers need to have their own support group meetings or gatherings because they need to vent, share, learn tips and resources, and receive support from others walking the same path. Ideally, a caregiver to someone with Parkinson's Disease can attend a PD-specific caregiver support group. Or someone dealing with Lewy Body Dementia can attend an LBD-specific caregiver support group. And so on.
Do you live or work outside of the SF Peninsula? Please check out our list of all PD caregiver-only support groups in Northern California.
