SUPPORT GROUP MEETINGS
We invite all Huntington’s Disease patients, their families, caregivers and individuals who are at risk to attend our monthly Support Group meetings. Monthly meetings are held in Cleveland and Akron and are facilitated by the Chapter’s Social Worker Kristin Kitzmiller. Kristin is a Licensed Independent Social Worker.

You can contact Kristin via email at kitzmiller27kr@yahoo.com or leave a message at the Chapter Office at 330-998-6600 and Kristin will return your call.

Beginning in January of 2010, the Akron Support Group Meetings will be held on the first Tuesday of each month.

For the dates and locations of 2010 meetings please see Chapter News.

CURRENT NEWSLETTER [pdf]

The Huntington’s Disease Society of America invites you to attend our second
Caregiver’s Corner webinar on Monday, January 25 at 2:00 p.m. EDT.

Caregiver’s Corner is designed to provide information, resources and support for caregivers so they are better able to face the daily challenges of living with HD.

Our webinar will feature Vicki Wheelock, M.D., Director of our HDSA Center of Excellence at the University of California, Davis Medical Center. She will focus on “How to Talk to Your Loved One’s Doctor about HD.” Dr. Wheelock will pick up on several threads introduced in our inaugural webinar, Coping Strategies for Caregivers, which was presented by Marsha Miller, Ph.D.

The webinar will run one hour with time at the end for questions. Attendees will receive an email after the webinar concludes directing them to an online survey to evaluate and rate the webinar and presenter. 

If you cannot join us on Monday, you can still view this presentation at your leisure by visiting the HDSA web site (www.hdsa.org) approximately 24-48 hours after the live webcast. A link on the HDSA home page will take you to the webinar. Thereafter, older webinars will be archived in the Living with HD section.

To register to attend the webinar please follow the link below and fill in all fields.

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

Participating in the Webinar is very easy. All you will have to do is go to the link you receive after you register. If this is your first Webinar we recommend that you log on five minutes before the start of the Webinar as it may take a few minutes for the process to complete.

This pilot series is made possible by an educational grant from Lundbeck.

Title: "2nd HDSA Caregiver's Corner"
Date:  Monday, January 25, 2010
Time:  2:00 PM - 3:00 PM EST

Register now by clicking the link below:
https://www2.gotomeeting.com/register/353230970

After registering you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the Webinar.

System Requirements:

PC-based attendees
Required: Windows(R) 2000, XP Home, XP Pro, 2003 Server, Vista

Macintosh(R)-based attendees
Required: Mac OS(R) X 10.4 (Tiger(R)) or newer

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