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Contact your MD / social worker as needed.
Try: Next Door
All I got was being pestered with donation links. And no reference to a forum like this one.
I even joined a local group that had regular meetings and each meeting wasted an hour on general health maintenance info and then.....finally... opened the floor to discussion from group members.
THIS place has all the info you might need.
The problem is that dementia and Alzheimers is incurable.
So only individual topics can be useful.
You can try your local Area on Aging (Google them), or possible your Drs office might have some info.
Basically, you get the contact for the group and most times you register with the group, then are given info as to mtg place/time and that’s it, then you either show up for the meeting or sign in on your computer at appointed time for an online group.
I would be very of any support group asking you to sign up for anything. Groups don’t work like that. There are tons of groups both online and in person, and they are extremely helpful. Registration for a group is the norm though, so they have your name, location and what you are dealing with.
It’s a free app to connect people in person &/or online. There are loads of caregiver groups (search care giver).
It’s also a great way to find a group to do things you are interested in doing (learn or practice a foreign language, yoga, walking, book club, etc). 🤗
I would be very suspicious of such a thing.
Would love to hear the example and hear what they asked you to sign up for.
Local hospitals and your husband's doctor may also be able to suggest support groups. Are you looking for something specific to Parkinson's or caregiving in general?
My husband started attending a Parkinson's exercise class at the YMCA and there was an informal group associated with that. We continued to meet once a month via zoom during Covid. And they even had the exercise class over zoom too.
Welcome! 😁