NVNA and Hospice Support Groups and Services
As part of our charitable mission, NVNA and Hospice offers wellness and public health services to neighbors in our community.
Our South Shore programs include support groups, disease-specific education, health screenings, and informational forums.
Support Groups at NVNA and Hospice
NOTICE: While some NVNA SUPPORTS groups have resumed in-person sessions, some groups are still being held virtually. Please contact the individual group facilitator for details on online support groups.
A telephone screening is necessary for enrollment for support groups.
Support Groups for Specific Diagnoses
Alzheimer's / Dementia Caregivers
Caregivers of loved ones with Alzheimer’s/Dementia meet via Zoom on the second and fourth Thursdays of each month from 1:00pm – 2:00pm.
Please contact Joan Wright at jwright@nvna.org for a link to the Zoom meeting and to request more information.
Arthritis Exercise Group
Norwell: Meets in person every Wednesday from 10:00am – 11:00am at the Norwell Senior Center, 293 Pine Street, Norwell.
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Please contact Phyllis Shea at pshea@nvna.org.
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Online: Meets via Zoom Mondays 3:00pm – 4:00pm and Thursdays
4:00pm – 5:00pm.
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Please contact Phyllis Shea at pshea@nvna.org for a link to the Zoom meeting and to request more information.
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Diabetes Support
The Diabetes Support Group meets the first Monday of the month from 10:00am – 11:00am at NVNA and Hospice, 120 Longwater Drive, Norwell. This group is open to all South Shore residents, including people with diabetes and pre-diabetes as well as caregivers.
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Please contact Virginia Lavin, RN at VLavin@nvna.org.
Brain Aneurysm Support
Meets the second Wednesday of the month from 6:30pm – 8:00pm. Meetings are held in person, with an option to join via Zoom.
Free to South Shore residents, the group provides patients, survivors and family members with educational tools and emotional support. The goal is to alleviate fears and concerns through education and group discussions. Topics include the origin of brain aneurysms and AVMs, treatment, prognosis, recovery, and coping with the “new” you. Trained clinicians facilitate the group.
Contact Brain Aneurysm Group Facilitators Bernadette Ward, PT, CDP at bward@nvna.org or Anne-Marie Powers, PT, CDP, at apowers@nvna.org.
Caregiver Support
Caring for a loved one with a chronic or life-limiting illness is an experience that can turn one’s world upside down. Roles change, the anticipation of loss becomes a backdrop, freedoms are limited, conflicting feelings abound, and isolation is a constant risk.
This group provides a safe place to share this complex experience with others, creating a community of support, and reducing isolation.
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This group will meet at the main office on Wednesdays from 5:00pm - 6:30pm from June 11, 2025 through the end of the summer.
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To register, please call Kim Kelly Harriman, LICSW at 781-783-5837.
Parkinson’s Support
We run our Parkinson’s Caregiver Support Group in partnership with 110 Fitness. This support group is open to the entire Parkinson’s community. If you know someone who is a caregiver and they aren’t involved with 110 Fitness, please invite them and let them know there’s a place waiting for them with open arms.
In-person group meets at 110 Fitness, 200 Weymouth St., Rockland on the first Thursday of the month from 10:00am – 11:00am.
Zoom Support Group meets via Zoom the third Thursday of the month from 2:00pm – 3:00pm. Contact Joan Wright at jwright@nvna.org for a link to the Zoom meeting and to request information.