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Support Group Meetings

Support Groups for persons with Parkinsons, caregivers, family members, medical professionals and other meet throughout both North and South Carolina.

Select a location for Support Groups in North and South Carolina

Aiken, SC
Meeting Place: 1501 Whiskey Road, Aiken, SC
Meetings: 1st Friday of each month at 3:00pm
Support Group Leader: Amanda Stefanakos
SGL phone: 706-721-4895
SGL e-mail: astefanakos@mail.mcg.edu

Anderson, SC
Meeting place: Temporarily: Anderson Place Retirement
311 Simpson Road until Hospital is completed
Anmed Health & Rehabilitation Hospital, 1 Springback Way, Anderson, SC 29621 in the large activities room 
Meetings: Last Friday of the month 10AM.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Katherine Vickerman
SGL phone: 864-332-2850
SGL e-mail: Katherine.vickerman@healthsouth.com

Asheboro, NC
The Marilyn Usher Parkinson’s Support Group 
Meeting place: Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd, 505 Mountain Rd., Asheboro, NC 27205 
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m.  
No meetings in June and July.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Vivian Byrd 
SGL phone: 336-953-0405         
SGL e-mail vcbyrd@gmail.com

Asheville, NC      
Meeting place: Care Partners, 68 Sweeten Creek Rd., Asheville NC 28803
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of each month at 10:30 a.m.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Dick Poore 
SGL phone: 828-255-8451          
SGL e-mail: defossil@aol.com

Brevard-Hendersonville, NC 
Meeting place: Brevard-Davidson River Presbyterian Church, 249 East Main Street, Brevard, NC 28712
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 10:00 a.m.
Support Group Leaders (SGL):  Liz and Ray Stover and Linda and Dave Eden      
SGL phone: 828-693-0903 (Stover’s home) 828-862-8820 (Eden's home)
SGL e-mail
etstover@bellsouth.net (Liz) 

Burlington, NC  (Alamance County)
Meeting Place: Twin Lakes Community, 100 Wade Coble Dr., Burlington, NC 27215
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month at 10:30 a.m. 
Support Group Leader (SGL): Tara Patton       
SGL phone: 336-585-2342         
SGL e-mail: tpatton@twinlakescomm.org and
Lauren Davis 336-585-1590

Cabarrus County, NC
Meeting place: Cabarrus County Senior Center, 331 Corban Ave. SE, Concord, NC 28025
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Linda Pigg
SGL phone: 704-788-4879
SGL e-mail: llpigg@cabarrushealth.org

Chapel Hill, NC
Meeting place: Robert & Pearl Senior Center, 2551 Homestead Rd., Chapel Hill, NC 27516
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month @ 1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.    
Support Group Leaders (SGL): 
Primary -Lindsay Penny 919-843-1657
Email: lpenny@neurology.unc.edu
Roy Lindahl 
SGL phone: 919-918-3580  (Roy)         
Email: rllindahl@yahoo.com (Roy)  

Charleston, SC
Trident Parkinson's Support Group   (Also includes Mount Pleasant, SC)   
Meeting Place: Bon Secours, St. Francis Hospital, 2095 Henry Tecklenburg Drive,
West Ashley, SC 29414 in Meeting Room #1.          
Meetings: 2nd Sunday of the month (except July) at 2:30 pm   
Support Group Leader (SGL): Gretchen Huff
SGL Phone:843-297-1122
SGL e-mail: ghuff@bellpartnersinc.com
Jennifer Evans 843-810-3934
jenniferb.evans@tenethealth.com


 NC Charlotte-Northwest  
Meetings: 1st Wednesday of the month at 11:00 am
Meeting place: Northwest Neighborhood Services Center, 2324 LaSalle Street, Charlotte, NC 28216          
Support Group Leader (SGL): Eleanor Washington     
Support Group Leader Phone: 704-399-1672         
Secretary e-mail: nwcpsg@aol.com (Ella Dennis)

Charlotte, NC - South
Meeting Place: The Ivey, 6030 Park South Drive, Charlotte, NC 28210
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month at 5:00 p.m. No meetings in June, July, or August     
Leader (SGL): Betsy Payne
Phone:704-909-2075     
betsy.payne@theivey.com

Chester, SC    
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of month from 2:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.    
Meeting Place: Hospice Care South Carolina Office, 179 Columbia Street, Chester, SC 29706
Support Group Leader (SGL): Jan Byars
SGL Phone: 803-581-6577
SGL e-mail: janb@hospicecare.net

Cleveland County, NC
Meeting place: The Enrichment Center, 103 T.R. Harris Drive, Shelby, NC 28150
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of the month at 6:30 p.m. Quarterly – Feb., May, Aug., Nov.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Linda Cabiness
SGL phone: 704-484-0405
SGL e-mail: linda@lifeenrichmentcenter.org

Columbia, SC (including all the Midlands of SC)  
Meeting Place: Lexington Medical Park Auditorium, 2728 Sunset Blvd. (Hwy 378), West Columbia, SC 29169
Meetings: 3rd Sunday of every month except June from 3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Dottie M. Gantt  and Carol Baker 
SGL phone: 803-604-0061 (Dottie)    803-781-6193 (Carol)
SGL e-mail: lakeside@att.net (Dottie)   carolbaker@bellsouth.net (Carol)
Website: www.columbiaparkinsonsupportgroup.org

Columbia, SC Northeast         
Meeting place: The Waterford at Columbia,  9370 Windsor Lake Blvd., Columbia, SC 29223         
Meetings: 4th Thursday of the month at 12:30 pm  
Support Group Leader (SGL): Paulette Freeman       
SGL phone: 803-296-3102
SGL e-mail: paulette.freeman@palmettohealth.org

Davidson, NC The Pines at Davidson          
Meeting place: The Pines at Davidson, 400 Avinger Lane, Davidson, NC 28036   
Meetings: 2nd Monday of the month at 2:00 p.m.     
Support Group Leader: Cindy Rhodes
SGL phone: 704-896-1454
SGL e-mail: crhodes@thepinesatdavidson.org

Durham, NC         
Meeting place: Croasdaile Village, 2600 Croasdaile Farm Parkway, Durham, NC 27705   
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of the month at 10:30 a.m. 
Support Group Leaders (SGLs): Jennifer King and Arlene D’Alli    
SGL phone: 919-384-2658 (Jennifer)  919-684-5128 (Arlene)
SGL e-mail: jenniferk@umrh.org  (Jennifer);arlene.dalli@duke.edu (Arlene)

Easley, SC
Meeting Place: The dining room at Baptist Easley Hospital, 200 Fleetwood Drive, Easley, SC 29640
Meetings: 2nd Monday of every other month @ 6:00 p.m.  
Support Group Leader (SGL): Angie Reid         
SGL phone: 864-442-7811         
SGL e-mail: angela.reid@palmettohealth.org       

Eden, NC
Meeting place: Morehead Memorial Hospital, 117 East Kings Highway, Eden, NC 27288 in the main conference room     
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month at 2:00 p.m. 
Support Group Leaders (SGL): Lindsey Hines
SGL phone:    336-627-6199
Email: lhines@morehead.org 

Fayetteville, NC
Meeting Place: Medical Arts Center, Rm. 102, 101 Robeson Street, Fayetteville, NC 28301
Meetings: 2nd Saturday of each month at 10am
Support Group Leader (SGL): Charles Butzgy 
SGL phone: 910-424-6732
SGL e-mail: cbutzgy@embarqmail.com

Gaston Co., NC
Meeting Place: Carillon Assisted Living of Cramer Mountain, 500 Cramer Mountain Road, Cramerton, NC
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month at 6:30pm
Support Group Leaders: Cheryl Fleming and Delta Sanders
SGL phone: 704-678-3545 (Cheryl), 704-915-2445 (Delta)
SGL e-mail: mrsdps@carolina.rr.com

Greensboro, NC 
Meeting place: Mount Pisgah UMC, 2600 Pisgah Church Road, Greensboro, NC 27455 
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month at 1:30 pm (No meetings in July and August)
Support Group Leader (SGL): Keith Cutler
SGL phone: 336-282-3024 
SGL e-mail: kcutler@triad.rr.com

Greenville, NC 
Meeting place: Cypress Glen Retirement Community Auditorium, 100 Hickory Street, Greenville, NC 27858
Meetings: Last Sunday of the month at 3:00 p.m. except for May and December which are last Saturday at 12N . No June-August meetings.
Support Group Leaders: Sylvia McCreary
SGL phone: 252-355-5608 (Sylvia)
SGL e-mail: mevoland@suddenlink.net (Ellen)

Greenville, SC
Meeting place: John Knox Presbyterian Church, 35 Shannon Dr., Greenville, SC 29615
Meetings: 3rd Thursday of the month at 2:00 pm  for January thru November.  The December meeting is the 2nd Thursday of the month       
Support Group Leader (SGL): Sandi Holmes
SGL phone: 869-609-1793
SGL e-mail: jimsan82@att.net   

Hillsborough  Central Orange County, NC 
Meeting Place: Central Orange Senior Center, 103 Meadowland Dr., Hillsborough, NC 27278          
Meetings: 4th Wednesday of the month @11:00 a.m.     No meetings in July and Aug.Support Group Leader (SGL): Joan Terry          
SGL phone: 919-732-3790 (home) 919-604-1586 (cell)         
SGL e-mail: jterry@touchnc.net

Hilton Head, SC 
Meeting Place: “Memory Matters” Facility, 117 William Hilton Pkwy., Hilton Head Island, SC 29926
Meetings: 3rd Tuesday of the month at 1:00 pm   On alternative Tues. they have a YOGA class at 1:00 at the Jiva Center on Hilton Head Island      
Support Group Leader (SGL): Glenn and Mary Ann Burgeson
SGL phone: 843-757-3776         SGL e-mail: lex@hargray.com

Hilton Head, SC (Sun City)      
Meeting Place: Bluffton-Okatie Outpatient Center 40 Okatie Blvd. #100, Okatie, SC 29909      
Meetings: 4th Thursday of the month from 1:00 – 3:00 p.m.      
Support Group Leaders (SGL): Betty Eberle and Muriel Coleman     
SGL phone: 843-705-6578 (Betty)  843-987-3505 (Muriel)   
SGL e-mail: ebeberle@sc.rr.com  (Betty)  

Kinston, NC 
Meeting place: Neuse Room at the Lenior Memorial Hospital, 100 Airport Rd, Kinston, NC 28501
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of each month from 2:00 p.m. - 3:30 p.m. 
Support Group Leader (SGL): Judy Heath
SGL phone: (252) 523-6296 
SGL e-mail: judihenry1@wmconnect.com

Lancaster County, SC
Meeting place: Covenant Baptist Church’s Fellowship Hall, 165 Craig Manor Rd., Lancaster, SC 29720
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m.
Support Group Leader (SGL): Janice Broach
SGL phone: 803-285-2014   SGL e-mail:janiceb@hospicecare.net

Landrum, SC  
Meeting Place: Landrum Public Library, 111 East Asbury Drive, Landrum, SC 29356  
Meetings: Last Thursday of the month at 1:30 p.m.   
Support Group Leader (SGL): Margaret Moss      
SGL phone: 864-457-2824  
SGL e-mail: cmoss318@charter.net

Laurinburg, NC
Meeting place: Scotland Memorial Hospital/ Dulin Center, 500 Launchwood Dr., Laurinburg, NC 28352
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of each month at 3:00 p.m.  No meetings in June, July, and August.
Support Group Leader (SGL):  Doris Milligan 
SGL phone: 910-276-4868

Matthews, NC         
Meeting place: Weddington Park, 2404 Plantation Center Drive, Matthews, NC 28105     
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of the month at 5:00 p.m.    
Support Group Leader (SGL):  Lesha Dodson        
SGL phone: 704-554-9904 (work) or 704-458-9178 (cell)       
SGL e-mail: ldodson@partnersincare-nc.com

Morehead City
Meeting Place: Leon Mann Senior Center, 3820 Galantis Drive, Morehead City, NC 28557
Meetings: 1st Thursday of the month from 3:00 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.     
Support Group Leader (SGL): Marlene Anderson          
SGL phone: 252-728-3988      

New Bern, NC
Meeting Place: New Bern Twin Rivers YMCA, 100 YMCA Lane, New Bern, NC 28560
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of the month at 12:30 p.m. (no meetings in June, July or August)
Support Group Leader (SGL): Maureen Reed
SGL phone: 252-638-5763  

The Outerbanks, NC
Meeting Place: Spring Arbor of the Outerbanks, 803 Bermuda Bay Blvd., Kill Devil Hills, NC
Meetings: 3rd Monday of every month at 1:00pm
Support Group Leader: Judy Link
SGL phone: (252) 473-4002
SGL e-mail: kleinlink@charter.net

Raleigh, NC 
Meeting place: Heritage of Raleigh, 1200 Carlos Drive, Raleigh, NC 27609
Meetings: 4th Thursday of the month at 1:45 p.m. (November and December meetings meet at a different time)
Support Group Leaders (SGL): Nancy Davison and Erica Wilson     
SGL phone: 919-215-0204 (Nancy)  919-782-3956/779-2372  (Erica)     
SGL e-mail: nancyd@qilady.com (Nancy)    ericaelvis@nc.rr.com  (Erica)

Raleigh, NC Young Onset Social Group
Meeting Place: Raleigh Outpatient Therapy, 2709 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, NC 27607
Meetings: 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6pm
Support Group Leader: Marty Howard
SGL phone: 919-481-3954
SGL e-mail: msuehoward@gmail.com

Rock Hill, SC
Meeting place: Chandler Place, 745 Dilworth Ln,Rock Hill, SC
Meetings: 3rd Wednesday of the month at 1:30 p.m.
Support Group Leaders (SGL): Valerie Badanich   
SGL phone: Valerie 803-517-4586     
SGL e-mail:  valerie.badanich@healthsouth.com

Rowan County, NC  
Meeting place: Educational building, First Presbyterian Church, 308 West Fisher St., Salisbury, NC 28144  
Meetings: 1st Tuesday of the month at 1:00 p.m.  
Support Group Leader: Bob and Peggy Wilson
SGL phone: 704-633-3181
SGL e-mail: kthrn_millr@yahoo.com  (Katherine Miller secretary)

Spartanburg, SC
Meeting place: Chapman Cultural Center,  200 E. St. John St., Spartanburg, SC 29306
 Meetings: 2nd Thursday at 1:30 pm (no meetings during July and August)
Support Group Leader (SGL): Ethel Perricone
SGL phone: 864-597-1150
SGL e-mail: ebperricone@yahoo.com

Statesville, NC
Meeting place: Davis Regional Medical Center, 218 Old Mocksville Rd., Statesville, NC 28625
Meetings: 4th Monday of each month at 10:00 a.m.  (no meetings in June, July, or August)
Support Group Leader (SGL): Bonnie Black          
SGL phone: 704-657-0968  
SGL e-mail: bjblack720@bellsouth.net

Waccamaw PD – Murrells Inlet, SC /Surfside Beach, SC
Meeting Place: Waccamaw Community Hospital, 4077 Hwy 17, Murrels Inlet, SC 29576   
Meetings: 2nd Thursday of each month at 7:00 p.m.
Support Group Leader (SGL):  Elaine Casavant
SGL phone: (843) 650-8756 after 7pm
SGL e-mail: ecasavant@sc.rr.com

Wilmington, NC
Parkinson and Lewy Body Dementia Support Group 
Meeting place: Dept. of Aging (Senior Center), 2222 S. College Rd. Wilmington NC 28403        
Meetings: 4th Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m. for PD patients and families
Meetings: 2nd Wednesday every other month at 1:30 p.m. for caregivers
Support Group Leader: Shirley Miller
SGL phone: 910-392-6912 (Shirley) shirlmiller@bellsouth.net


Winston-Salem, NC
Meeting Place: Best Health Hanes Mall, Winston Salem, NC 27103   
Meetings: 3rd Monday of the month at 1:00 p.m.  
Support Group Leader (SGL):  Kimberly Slade          
SGL phone: 336-716-4067       
SGL e-mail: kslade@wfubmc.edu

Young Onset Getting Out (YOGO’s) Social Group – Charlotte, NC    
Meeting place: Varies depending upon agenda
Meetings: Varies depending upon agenda  
Support Group Leaders (SGL): Jane Meyer and Ginny Koroly       
SGL phone:  704-366-5154  (Jane)  704-947-2891  (Ginny)       
SGL e-mail: Jane jmeyer@smartstartofmeck.org   (Jane)    Virg468@aol.com (Ginny)

 

 

 

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Parkinson's disease (PD) is a degenerative disorder of the central nervous system. It was first described in 1817 by James Parkinson, a British physician who published a paper on what he called "the shaking palsy." In this paper, he set forth the major symptoms of the disease that would later bear his name.


Researchers believe that at least 500,000 people in the United States currently have PD, although some estimates are much higher. Society pays an enormous price for PD. The total cost to the nation is estimated to exceed $6 billion annually. The risk of PD increases with age, so analysts expect the financial and public health impact of this disease to increase as the population gets older.

 
 
 
     
 
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