Stroke support

Support groups
Kenny Grad School: Stroke lecture series

Support groups

A support group can be a safe place to share feelings and get the knowledge you need to face the challenges ahead. Whether you are a patient, family member or caregiver, it helps to know you're not alone.

Allina stroke support groups

Ongoing support groups in these Minnesota cities welcome stroke survivors and their care partners:

Tai Chi for persons with strokes, brain injuries or movement disorders

Minneapolis, Minnesota

Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute offers this program people who have experienced a stroke, a brain injury or a movement disorder, and for their care partners.

Stroke Peer Visiting Program

Minneapolis and St. Paul, Minnesota

Former stroke patients volunteer to visit current stroke patients at Abbott Northwestern and United hospitals as part of Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute's Stroke Peer Visiting Program. The role of the peer visitor is to share their stroke experiences, listen to a patient's concerns and provide support.

This service is available to patients receiving inpatient and outpatient services. Call Sue Newman at 612-863-4996 for more information.

More resources for stroke survivors and their caregivers are in Understanding Stroke.