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Caregiver Support
Agency: Elder Services of Berkshire County
The Family Caregiver Support Program is available to help caregivers in need of assistance and support. Services can include individual support, support groups, information and resources, and education. The program is available to all caregivers caring for someone 60 years of age or older, caring for someone under the age of 60 who has a physical o...
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Clubhouses
Agency: Clinical & Support Options Inc.
CSO Clubhouses, The Green River House and The Quabbin House, provide rehabilitative vocational, social, and recreational programming. Club members have the opportunity to engage in various work units within the Clubhouse, receive assistance with writing resumes, search for jobs and build interview skills. Social and recreational programming includ...
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Clubhouses
Agency: Viability
A Viability Clubhouse is a place where individuals with disabilities and other societal disadvantages gain access to opportunities that connect them with the community, employment, education and friendships. More than a program or social service, a Clubhouse is a community of people working together to achieve a common goal. Clubhouses offer Housin...
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Day Habilitation Programs
Agency: Viability
Viability Day Habilitation Programs provide people with disabilities with a structured, goal oriented, active treatment program that aims to raise levels of functioning. Those who participate Viability Day Habilitation Programs have access to a variety of specialized activity units including culinary arts, relaxation, sensory, social, recreation an...
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Day Services
Agency: Nonotuck Resource Associates, Inc.
Nonotuck Resource Associates provides residential and community support services for people with developmental disabilities. Day Services helps each person expand his or her circle of relationships, increases their natural involvement in their community and expands their vocational and general life skills. People work, volunteer, and pursue hobbies...
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Dementia Caregivers Support Group
Agency: LifePath, Inc.
The Dementia Caregiver's Support Group is for caregivers of people with memory disorders like, but not limited to, Alzheimer's disease. The in-person support group offers participants a place to ask questions, share experiences and get answers. From time to time, the group hears from speakers and views films about dementia and caregiver concerns.Li...
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Developmental Disability Services
Agency: ServiceNet, Inc.
ServiceNet offers several specialized support services for individuals with a developmental disability or autism including: Behavioral Health Support: Clinical services include case management, peer support, advocacy, and individual or group therapy. ServiceNet Behavioral Health Centers offer treatment for anxiety and depression, communication s...
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Down Syndrome Resource Group
Agency: Pathlight
The Down Syndrome Resource Group of Western Massachusetts (DSRGWM) helps families discover and embrace the potential of raising a child with Down syndrome by providing information about family support, resources, parent training, and social opportunities.The DSRGWM supports all individuals with Down Syndrome, their families, caregivers, and communi...
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Family Empowerment
Agency: Pathlight
Family Empowerment is a Family Support Center for Hampshire and Franklin Counties providing assistance to those caring for a family member with a disability, of any age, by helping find state and local resources and in developing a unique plan of action to support the family’s needs. Whether the care is for a preschooler, a school-age child, a tee...
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Family Support Center
Agency: The United Arc
The United Arc’s Family Support Centers provide supports to families caring for a family member who meets eligibility criteria with the Department of Developmental Services (DDS). Primary supports offered include service navigation, information and referral, family trainings and support groups, community connections, social/ recreational opportunit...
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Frontier Club
Agency: The United Arc
The United Arc's Frontier Club is a self-advocacy group that fosters peer support, community inclusion, leadership development, advocacy at the state and local levels, social events, and learning opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Grandparent and Kinship Care Support Group
Agency: The United Arc
The Grandparent and Kinship Care Support Group provides support to grandparents and other relatives who are raising their grandchildren. The support group meets twice a month where grandparents can share their experiences and receive support from others. We also provide resources on a variety of topics related to child rearing and being a grandpare...
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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Agency: Cooley Dickinson Healthcare Corporation
A Positive Place provides on-going assistance to people who are HIV positive, including referral to HIV/AIDS knowledgeable doctors, medical transportation, help accessing health insurance and financial assistance, and education about the disease. "Connections", is the agency’s weekly support group, co-facilitated by a licensed mental health clinici...
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HealthWise Program
Agency: Hilltown Community Health Center
HealthWise is an integrated chronic disease patient self-management program designed to help with concerns such as creating an exercise plan, losing weight, managing diabetes, quitting smoking, starting a walking routine or improving your nutrition.Health Wise is designed for patients to be pro-active in managing their own health care. We have a le...
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Information and Referral
Agency: Highland Valley Elder Services
Highland Valley Elder Services Information and Referral Services help to introduce a free and friendly conversation about community resources and services available to those aged 60 and over. Our Care Advisors provide comprehensive information including: Care Management Services: Long-term case management to help elders and family care-givers. Fami...
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Parkinson's Support Group of Franklin County
Agency: Parkinson Disease Association Massachusetts Chapter
The Parkinson's Support Group of Franklin County provides practical information and education on living with Parkinson’s disease and more importantly, members receive the support of others who truly understand.Support groups meet bi-weekly or monthly. There are groups for individuals who are family caregivers and groups for individuals diagnosed at...
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People's Medicine Project
Agency: Western Massachusetts Training Consortium
The People’s Medicine Project runs a free complementary and alternative health clinic in Western Mass, offering a variety of healing arts sessions and health consultations, and where homeopathic remedies for addictive substance cravings are distributed. Community volunteers tend and harvest medicinal plants from a Healing Garden at the Just Roots C...
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Pioneer Club
Agency: The United Arc
The United Arc's Pioneer Club is a self-advocacy group that fosters peer support, community inclusion, leadership development, advocacy at the state and local levels, social events, and learning opportunities for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
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Positive Parenting Resource Center
Agency: The United Arc
The United Arc's Positive Parenting Center provides services for families headed by parents with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities throughout Western Massachusetts--Franklin, Hampshire, Hampden and Worcester counties. Services include home visiting, case management, parent support and education groups, supervised visitation for childre...
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Protective Services
Agency: Highland Valley Elder Services
Highland Valley Elder Services Protective Services investigates allegations of abuse or neglect of any kind, to keep elders safe from harm. Elder abuse includes physical, emotional and sexual abuse, neglect by a caregiver, self-neglect and financial exploitation. The Personal Emergency Response Service provides a 24-hour monitored medical communica...
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