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Support Groups and Websites for Stroke University of Wisconsin “Fresh Start”: a group of survivors and staff who meet several times a year to learn from each other and outside experts how to get the most out of life. While we realize that there are different diagnoses often involved with brain injury, stroke and aneurysm, the life issues encountered by these patients can be very similar. For this reason, we come together to talk about stories, struggles and successes. For dates and questions please contact John Kenneally at 608-263-9256. Location: Fitchburg Library 5530 Lacy Road, underground parking and elevator available. Helpful Resources: Some people use the computer to look up information. Please know that anyone can put anything on a website. Below is a list of trustworthy sources for stroke information. Ebling Library’s Consumer Health Portal (website): a website from UW-Madison that has free health information as well as links to the top 5 consumer health websites. http://researchguides.ebling.library.wisc.edu/consumerhealth MEDLINEplus: a website with Health information from the National Library of Medicine If using Google searching : Use domain address that ends in dot gov, dot edu or dot org they will look like this: .gov .edu .org & some .net Resources/Support Groups: American Heart Association 1-800-242-8721 www.americanheart.org/ American Stroke Association 1-800-4-Stroke (478-7653) www.strokeassociation.org/

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Support Groups and Websites for Stroke

University of Wisconsin “Fresh Start”: a group of survivors and staff

who meet several times a year to learn from each other and outside experts

how to get the most out of life. While we realize that there are different

diagnoses often involved with brain injury, stroke and aneurysm, the life

issues encountered by these patients can be very similar. For this reason, we

come together to talk about stories, struggles and successes.

For dates and questions please contact John Kenneally at

608-263-9256.

Location: Fitchburg Library 5530 Lacy Road, underground parking

and elevator available.

Helpful Resources: Some people use the computer to look up information.

Please know that anyone can put anything on a website. Below is a list of

trustworthy sources for stroke information.

Ebling Library’s Consumer Health Portal (website): a website

from UW-Madison that has free health information as well as links to

the top 5 consumer health websites.

http://researchguides.ebling.library.wisc.edu/consumerhealth

MEDLINEplus: a website with Health information from the

National Library of Medicine

If using Google searching : Use domain address that ends in dot

gov, dot edu or dot org they will look like this: .gov .edu .org & some

.net

Resources/Support Groups:

American Heart Association

1-800-242-8721

www.americanheart.org/

American Stroke Association

1-800-4-Stroke (478-7653)

www.strokeassociation.org/

Brain Injury Peer Visitor

Association

Director: Ann Boriskie

355 Guidhall Grove

Second Floor Conference Room

Alphretta, GA 30022

1-770-330-8416

www.braininjurypeervisitor.org

Caregiver Action Network

1-202-454-3970

www.caregiveraction.org/

Family Caregiver Alliance

1-415-434-3388

www.caregiver.org/

Help for Incontinent People, Inc.

1-800-252-3337

www.nafc.org/

National Aphasia Association

1-800-922-4622

www.aphasia.org/

National Brain Injury

Association

1-703-761-0750

www.biausa.org/

National Institute on Neurologic

Disorders and Stroke

National Stroke Association

1-800-STROKES (787-6537)

www.stroke.org/

Wisconsin Stroke Coalition

www.heart.org/HEARTORG/Affil

iate/Wisconsin-Stroke-

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Stroke Support Registry (find

support groups by searching

your zip code)

www.strokeassociation.org/STRO

KEORG/strokegroup/public/zipFin

der.jsp

UW Hospital and Clinics

Comprehensive Stroke Program

www.uwhealth.org/stroke/stroke-

program/10636

http://www.stroke-site.org

Meriter Stroke and Neurological

Rehabilitation

www.meriter.com/specialty-

care/therapy-and-

rehabilitation/stroke-and-

neurological-rehabilitation

1-800-352-9424

www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/stroke/

stroke.htm

Your health care team may have given you this information as part of your care. If so, please use it and call if you have

any questions. If this information was not given to you as part of your care, please check with your doctor. This is not

medical advice. This is not to be used for diagnosis or treatment of any medical condition. Because each person’s health

needs are different, you should talk with your doctor or others on your health care team when using this information. If

you have an emergency, please call 911. Copyright © 6/2015 University of Wisconsin Hospital and Clinics Authority. All

rights reserved. Produced by the Department of Nursing. HF#6850