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Stroke support

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 Health stroke support groups

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

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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.

arrow points to link to Understanding Stroke manual More resources for stroke survivors and their caregivers are in Understanding Stroke.

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Kenny Grad School: Stroke lecture series

For more about the Kenny Grad School stroke series, call Sue Newman, stroke rehabilitation coordinator, at 612-863-4996.

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Kenny Grad School offers a free lecture series for patients and families who are coping with the after effects of a stroke.

Each session includes a presentation by experts from Sister Kenny Rehabilitation Institute on topics related to recovery and daily life after a stroke.

Dates and locations for the 2013 sessions include:

  • Tuesday, March 19 – Abbott Northwestern Hospital
  • Tuesday, April 16 – United Hospital
  • Tuesday, June 18 – Abbott Northwestern Hospital
  • Tuesday, July 16 – United Hospital
  • Tuesday, September 17 – Abbott Northwestern Hospital
  • Tuesday, October 15 – United Hospital

Classes take place from 2 to 3:30 p.m. on the third Tuesday of the month.

The location alternates between Abbott Northwestern Hospital in Minneapolis and United Hospital in St. Paul.