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Are you a Lay Facilitator?

If you are a lay facilitator of a Parkinson’s Support Group in WA, AK, ID, or MT, come join us!

Lay Facilitator Training & Support Group
3rd Tuesday of each month
2:00-3:00 pm Pacific, via ZOOM

Network with other facilitators and exchange ideas
Learn more about the art of support group facilitation
Get support for yourself and practice self-care
Learn about community resources
Get comfortable with tech in order to facilitate online

Contact Dr. Marci Nemhauser
NW Parkinson’s Social Services Manager
206-946-6517
Dr.Marci@nwpf.org

We are currently working on updating our extensive list of Support Groups. Please email us if you are looking for a specific location.

Click here to send us an email with specifics of city, state, and type of support group you need: info@nwpf.org

We will get back to you right away.

Current Online NWPF Support Groups

Contact Dr. Marci Nemhauser, NW Parkinson’s Social Services Manager, to be added to one or more of these groups:
206-946-6517 or Dr.Marci@nwpf.org. She will email you the ZOOM link to the group. All groups are one-hour sessions, except for Care Partners and the Spanish Support Groups which are an hour and 30 minutes.

Once you have found your class, if on ZOOM, please email your facilitator for ZOOM meeting info.

ALASKA

Anchorage

ZOOM

3rd Saturdays
3:30-5 PM AK

ZOOM (formerly Anchorage Pioneer Home, 5th Floor)

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Fairbanks

ZOOM

1st Saturdays
12-1:30 PM AK

ZOOM (formerly Bahn Thai Restaurant)

PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Statewide AK

Offered In-Person and over ZOOM

3rd Tuesdays
6 PM AK

ZOOM and St. Brenden’s Episcopal Church & online via ZOOM

Onsite location is in JUNEAU, but available State-Wide for AK. PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Sitka

In-Person ONLY

Wednesdays
4:30-5:30 pm

Mountainside Rehabilitation Clinic – Mt. Edgecumbe Medical Center

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Statewide AK

ZOOM

Email for details

ZOOM

Offers groups such as “Living Mindfully w Chronic Illness, “Rare Chronic Illness” etc

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Statewide AK

ZOOM

Emails for details

ZOOM

DBS Connect: “Bionic Brain Club”

Sponsored by NW Parkinson’s Foundation

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

ALASKA

Statewide AK

Dementia-related Support Groups

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Boise

In-Person Only

3rd Wednesdays
2-3 PM MT

Morning Star Senior Living

(Check with facilitator to see if they are meeting – as of 3.15.21)

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Boise

ZOOM

Every Wednesday
3-4 PM MT

ZOOM

Weekly Music for Movement

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Boise

ZOOM

3rd Thursdays
6-7 PM MT

ZOOM

Newly Diagnosed Info Meeting. RSVP Required PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Caldwell/Middleton

In-Person Only

4th Mondays
12-1:30 PM MT

Caldwell YMCA

“Delay the Disease” is happening, but support group has not restarted as of 3.2.21. PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Coeur d’Alene

In-Person Only

1st Thursdays
1-2:30 PM MT

Elk’s Lodge

CDA Parkinson’s Support Group. PWP and caregivers. Also Tai Chi, Singing for Wellness & Joy, Delay the Disease

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Coeur d’Alene

In-Person Only

3rd Thursdays
1:00:00 PM MT

MacKenzi River Grill

Women w PD

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Coeur d’Alene

In-Person Only

Every Thursday
12:00:00 PM MT

Elk’s Lodge

Moving to Music

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Idaho Falls

1st Tuesdays
2:15-3:30 PM MT

The Apple Club

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Jerome/Magic Valley

In-Person Only

2nd Wednesdays
1:30-3:00 PM MT

Jerome Library

On Hiatus as of 3.2021

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Lewiston/(Clarkson, WA)

ZOOM

2nd Mondays
1:30-3:00 PM MT

ZOOM and St Joseph Regional Cancer Center

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Meridian

In-Person Only

Qrtrly on a Wednesday
11:30:00 AM MT

Touchmark at Meadow Lake Village Grand Lodge

As of 3/2021, group is restarting for Touchmark residents only.

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Moscow

ZOOM

Last Wednesdays
2-3:30 PM MT

ZOOM (formerly Good Samaritan Village)

In search of new facilitator.

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Pocatello

2nd Mondays
11 AM-NOON MT

ZOOM Monte Vista Hills Rehab

PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Sandpoint

ZOOM

2nd Mondays
2-3:30 PM MT

ZOOM (formerly Sandpoint Library)

PowerPAC PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Statewide ID

ZOOM

Offers groups such as “Living Mindfully w Chronic Illness, “Rare Chronic Illness” etc

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Statewide ID

ZOOM

Email for Details

ZOOM

DBS Connect: “Bionic Brain Club”

Sponsored by NW Parkinson’s Foundation

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

IDAHO

Statewide ID

ZOOM

Dementia-related support groups

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Bozeman (Gallatin)

In-Person ONLY

3rd Tuesday each month
1:30-3:30 PM MT

The Springs at Bozeman, 2632 Catron

PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Great Falls (Central Montana)

In-Person Only

4th Tuesdays
12:30-2 PM

First Baptist Church

On Hiatus as of 3/15/21

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Hamilton

In-Person Only

3rd Mondays
1-2:30 PM

Saffire Lutheran Home

Hoping to start meeting with masks in March 2021. PWP & Carepartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Helena

2nd Thursdays
1:30-3 PM

Virtual Touchmark on Saddle Drive

Hosted by Nanette Whitman-Holmes from Touchmark

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Kalispell (Flathead Valley)

ZOOM

3rd Wednesdays
1:30 PM Mountain

ZOOM (formerly Gateway Comm Ctr United Way Conference Rm North)

PWP

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Kalispell (Flathead Valley)

ZOOM

4th Wednesdays
1:30 PM Mountain

ZOOM (formerly Gateway Comm Ctr United Way Conference Room)

Carepartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Missoula

In-Person Only

2nd Thursdays
1-3 PM

Ronald McDonald House Conference Room

Sept – May only. People w PD & Carepartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Statewide MT

ZOOM

Dementia-related of Montana support groups

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Statewide MT

ZOOM

Offers groups such as “Living Mindfully w Chronic Illness, “Rare Chronic Illness” etc

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Statewide MT

ZOOM

Email for details

ZOOM

DBS Connect: “Bionic Brain Club”

Sponsored by NW Parkinson’s Foundation

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

MONTANA

Townsend

In-Person Only

2nd Tuesdays
2:00 PM

Trailhead Fellowship Church

On Hiatus as of 3.2021 – contact facilitator if interested.

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Arlington

In-Person Only

TBD
10:00 AM

Olympic Place

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Bellevue

ZOOM

1st Wednesdays
7:00 PM

ZOOM (formerly North Bellevue Community Center)

Sponsored by APDA

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Bellingham

In-Person Only

2nd Mondays
2-3:30 PM

Cornwall Church

PWP & CarePartners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Bellingham

ZOOM

2nd & 4th Tuesdays
1:30–3 PM

ZOOM

PWP; occasional events that include Care Partners

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Bothell

ZOOM

3rd Tuesdays
10:00 AM

ZOOM (formerly Northshore Senior Center)

Sponsored by APDA

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Seattle

ZOOM

2nd Mondays
12 PM (subject to change)

ZOOM

Care Partners

Sponsored by APDA

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Seattle

ZOOM

2nd Mondays
1:30 PM

ZOOM

Sponsored by APDA

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Shelton

ZOOM

2nd Tuesdays
12:30-2:30 PM

ZOOM (formerly Alpine Way Continuing Care Community)

Marilyn Olson: w7don@msn.com

Please email info@nwpf.org for contact.

WASHINGTON

Shoreline/ Lake Forest Park

ZOOM

2nd Tuesdays
10 AM

ZOOM (formerly Shoreline – Lake Forest Park Senior Center)

PWP & CarePartners