Support Groups in Wisconsin

Support Groups in Wisconsin

Wisconsin Brain Injury Peer Visitors in ICU
Wisconsin Brain Injury Peer Visitors

Support Group information is subject to change. Please contact the support group before you attend a meeting for the first time or if you have not attended recently.

Brain Injury Peer Visitors bring understanding to patients at UW Hospital

The University of Wisconsin Hospital and School of Medicine and Public Health has a new Brain Injury Peer Visitor Program in their Neuro ICU Unit and Neuro Unit. This program is part of the Brain Injury Peer Visitor Association.

UW Hospital has six volunteers working in the Brain Injury Peer Visitor program. Five of the volunteers are former brain injury patients at UW Hospital, and the fifth is the caregiver of a former patient.

The volunteers visit with current brain injury patients and their families. They answer questions, listen and, maybe most importantly, let the patients know they are not alone.

UW Hospital has become the first hospital in the Midwest to create a Brain Injury Peer Visitor Program!

Read an article about the program on the UW website.

Watch a news story on the program from WISC-TV News 3, Madison.

NORTHWEST WISCONSIN

Ashland

Chequamegon Clinic (she-wam-again)
415 Ellis Ave.

Meetings:

Every 3rd Wednesday @ 1-2 p.m.

Contact:

Stewart Holman
(715) 682-5676


Burnett County

Siren Covenant Church
7686 Lofty Pines Drive

Meetings:

Every 2nd Sunday @ 1-2:30 p.m.

Contact:

Jerry or Karen
(H) (715) 349-8985


Rice Lake

Lakeview Medical Center
Conference Room
1100 N. Main

Meetings:

Every 1st Sunday @ 1:30-3:30 p.m.

Contact:

Corinne & Jim Richie (715) 234-0079


St. Croix County

Civic Center
156 E. 1st St.
New Richmond

Meetings:

Every 2nd Thursday @ 6 p.m.

Contact:

Mary Fraiser
(651) 442-3960

Maggie Bauer
(715) 246-0516

NORTHWEST – EAU CLAIRE AREA

Eau Claire Self Help

Sacred Heart Hospital – Eau Claire
900 West Clairemont, Bishop Hall

Meetings:

Every 3rd Thursday @ 7-8:30 p.m.

Contact:

Audrey Nelson
(715) 838-9352

Rhonda Olson
(715) 717-4392


Mild Brain Injury Group

Luther Hospital – Eau Claire
1221 Whipple Street

Meetings:

Every 3rd Tuesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Mary Beth Clark
(715) 838-3258


Young Persons TBI Group

Varied locations.

Meetings:

Varied days/times.

Contact:

Mary Beth Clark or Tom Sather
(715) 838-3258


Acquired Brain Injury Group

Contact:

Tom Sather
(715) 838-3310 for information

SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN

Big River Chapter – LaCrosse

Franciscan-Skemp Healthcare
Rose Conf. Room
2nd Floor

Meetings:

Every last Tuesday @ 5:30-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Linda Syverson-Kerr
(608) 780-4431


Southwest WI Brain Injury Support Group

Shullsburg Community Townsend Building
Senior Center Room

Meetings:

Every 2nd Thursday @ 7 p.m.

Contact:

Beth Hanley-Adams
(608) 726-0335
bethlynn_author@yahoo.com

CENTRAL WISCONSIN

Wausau

Aspirus Wausau Hospital
333 Pine Ridge Blvd.

Meetings:

Every 2nd Thursday @ 7 p.m.

Contact:

Lea Ratajczyk
(W) (715) 847-2826

NORTHEAST WISCONSIN

Brown County

N.E.W. Curative Rehabilitation
2900 Curry Lane
Green Bay, WI 54311

Meetings:

2nd Tuesday every other month @ 5:30-7 p.m.

Contact:

Stephanie Umentum
(920) 593-3570
stumentum@newcurative.org


Making New Connections

2990 Voyager Drive
Green Bay

Meetings:

Every 4th Wednesday @ 7-9 p.m.

Contact:

Karen Feld
(H) (920) 866-9493


Manitowoc County

First Lutheran Church
N. 8th St.

Meetings:

Every 3rd Monday @ 6:30- 8 p.m.

Contact:

Lynn Paider
(920) 755-2692


Oshkosh

Ability Resource Center
115 Washington Ave.
Suite A

Meetings:

2nd Thursday (alternate months) @ 10:30 a.m.-Noon

Contact:

Bob Poeshc
bob@arcwinnebago.com


TBI Support Group Oshkosh
Aurora Medical Center
855 N. Westhaven Dr.

Meetings:

Every 4th Thursday @ 6:30-8:30 p.m.

Contact:

Michael Athanasiou
(920) 233-3655


Sheboygan Area

Miracle Pt. Brain Injury Society
St. Nicholas Hospital
Francis Room

Meetings:

Every 1st Monday 6:30-8:00 p.m. (September–May)

Contact:

Wendy Clark
(W) (920) 459-4642


Appleton

St. Elizabeth Hospital
1506 S. Oneida Street

Meetings:

Every 4th Monday @ 6-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Julie Biesterveld
(920) 731-9831 x113
julie@soarfoxcities.com


Fond du Lac/TLC

St. Agnes Hospital
Plaza level Conference Room

Meetings:

Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7 p.m.

Contact:

Shirley Speier
(H) (920) 923-5462

Niki Bartus
(H) (920) 929-7322

SOUTHEAST – MILWAUKEE AREA

Brain Injury Rehab Center of Milwaukee

5700 W. Layton Avenue

Meetings:

Every 4th Monday @ 6-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Mary Smith
(414) 325-4018


Embracing Hope

Zablocki Library
3501 W. Oklahoma Avenue

Meetings:

Every 4th Wednesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Lisa Alberte, RN, BSN, CCM, MS, CRC, ABDA
(262) 679-9684


TBI Discussion & Support Group

Froedtert Hospital
Room 5291
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI

Meetings:

Every 3rd Tuesday @ 6-7:15 p.m.

Contact:

Facilitator Dr. Richard Markell
(414) 805-3666

SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN

Waukesha County Heading Forward

Waukesha Memorial Hospital
725 American Dr.
Waukesha, WI

Meetings:

Every 1st Wednesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.

Contact:

Deb Swearingen, RN, BSN, CNRN
(262) 928-2351


Dodge County

Clearview Brain Injury Center
Clearview North
199 Home Rd.
Juneau, WI

Meetings:

Every 3rd Monday @ 6-7 p.m.

Contact:

Tammy Novotny
(W) (920) 386-3400


Kenosha County

Stateline TBI Support Group for Functioning Teens and Adults
First Christian Church
13022 Wilmot Rd
Kenosha

Meetings:

Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7- 8:30 p.m.

Contact:

Beth Jankowski
(262) 344-1505
statelinetbi@yahoo.com

SOUTHEAST – MADISON AREA

Madison Area Stroke and Aneurysm Support Group

UW Health Administrative Services
1212 Deming Way
Room 131 (1st floor)
Madison, WI 53717

Online: Madison Area Stroke and Aneurysm Support Group
Click “Subscribe for updates” for monthly details about upcoming group meetings.

Meetings:

Online and in-person every first Wednesday @ 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Contact:

Melanie McCauley
(608) 264-4698
mmccauley@uwhealth.org


Mild Brain Injury Resource Network

Madison Meriter Hospital
202 S. Park, 1st Floor
10 Tower Conference Room

Meetings:

Every 3rd Thursday @ 6:30-8:00 p.m.

Contact:

Deb Enburg, Ph.D.
(608) 845-6356
dpenburg@chorus.net


Mild Brain Injury Group for Spouses & Significant Others

Meriter Hospital
Patient Registration Area Conference Room
202 S. Park Street

Meetings:

Every 2nd Monday @ 6:30-8 p.m.

Contact:

Lynn Hovey
(608) 222-4717 or (608) 576-5285
hoveylynn@gmail.com