{"id":2571,"date":"2022-07-11T13:14:52","date_gmt":"2022-07-11T17:14:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/?p=2571"},"modified":"2026-01-27T10:27:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T15:27:22","slug":"support-groups","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/support-groups\/","title":{"rendered":"Support Groups"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Support Groups<\/h1>\n<p><strong>Alzheimer&#8217;s<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.alz.org\/\"><strong>Alzheimer\u2019s Association<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Support groups, educational resources, clinical trials, and political advocacy for people with Alzheimer\u2019s\/dementia and their caregivers.<\/li>\n<li>Local Senior Centers often offer support groups for people with dementia and their caregivers.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Cancer<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/facingcancertogether.witf.org\/\">Facing Cancer Together<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Resources and support groups for those with a cancer diagnosis, caregiving for someone with cancer, those who lost someone to cancer (including for young adults); brush painting and writing wellness groups.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>LGBTQIA+<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/fenwayhealth.org\/the-fenway-institute\/lgbtqia-aging-project\/programs-support-groups\/\">Fenway Health LGBTQIA+ Aging Project<\/a> \u2013<\/strong> Provides LGBTQIA+ bereavement support group.<\/li>\n<li>PFLAG:<strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gbpflag.org\/support-groups\">Parents of LGBTQ+ Support<\/a> <\/strong>\u2013 Support groups and mentorship for parents and caregivers of LGBTQ+, special group for BIPOC parents and caregivers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Mental Health<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/namimass.org\/nami-connection-recovery-support-groups\/\">NAMI: Free Peer-to-Peer Mental Health Support Groups<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/namimass.org\/nami-family-support-groups\/\">NAMI: Support Groups for Families\/Friends of Individuals with Mental Health Conditions<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Substance Use<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/learn2cope.org\/meetings\/\"><strong>Learn 2 Cope<\/strong><\/a> \u2013 Peer-led support for families managing addiction and recovery.<\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.aa.org\/find-aa\">Alcoholics Anonymous-<\/a><\/strong> Search for meetings in your area.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.na.org\/meetingsearch\/\"><strong>Narcotics Anonymous<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Search for meetings in your area.&nbsp;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Support Groups Alzheimer&#8217;s Alzheimer\u2019s Association \u2013 Support groups, educational resources, clinical trials, and political advocacy for people with Alzheimer\u2019s\/dementia and their caregivers. Local Senior Centers often offer support groups for people with dementia and their &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/2022\/07\/11\/support-groups\/\" aria-label=\"Read full article about Support Groups\">Read full article<span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":209,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/209"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2571"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3352,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2571\/revisions\/3352"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2571"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2571"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudbury.ma.us\/socialworker\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2571"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}