To update this information email Amanda Fessenden amanda.fessenden@neurology.ufl.edu
Daytona Beach PD Support Group
Vince Kinsler- yovinny57@aol.com
Gainesville Parkinson’s Support Group
Original Parkinson’s Support Group
- Contact: Amanda Fessenden
352-294-5434
or email: amanda.fessenden@neurology.ufl.edu - Meeting Location:
UF Center for Movement Disorders and Neuroregeneration
3450 Hull Road, 3rd floor - Meeting Time: 12:30 – 2:30
3rd Friday of each month
Young Onset Parkinson’s Disease of Gainesville (YOPD)
- Contact: Amanda Fessenden
352-294-5434
or email: amanda.fessenden@neurology.ufl.edu - Meeting Location:
United Church of Gainesville; Seminar Room A
1624 NW 5th Avenue, Gainesville FL 32603 - Meeting Time: 6:30-8:00pm
2nd Monday of each month
Jacksonville Parkinson Support Group
- Contact: Karen Perrin
Karen.Perrin@jax.ufl.edu
Phone: 904-244-9719
Meets 2nd Wednesday of every month at
Shands at Jacksonville
Tower 1, 2nd Floor, Mason Room
580 West 8th Street
Jacksonville, FL 32209 - Meeting Time: 11:30AM-1:30 PM
or
Parkinson’s Disease and Related Diseases Support Group
- Mayo Clinic
Cannaday Building, Room 1107
4500 San Pablo Road
Jacksonville, FL 32224 - 1st Wednesday each month;
12:30 – 1:30p.m. - Contact: Anne Martin
martin.anne@mayo.edu
Phone: (904) 953-6523
Jacksonville Beach Support Group
Parkinson’s Disease Support Group for Patients and Caretakers
- 10 a.m.-noon Thursdays
- Palms Presbyterian Church, Third Street and 35th Avenue, Jacksonville Beach. Those with any movement disorders welcome.
- (904) 247-7876.
- Carol Rishel csrishel@gmail.com
Southside
- Michelle Prosje- info@neuropsychnfl.com
Lake County PD Support Group
- Tri County Caregiver Resource Center (they work with caregivers and patients with all types of neurological conditions)
- Phone: 352-775-2952
- caregiverresourcecenter@gmail.com
Naples – Parkinson Association of Southwest Florida, Inc. (PASFI)
- 2950 Tamaimi Trail N. Ste 20, Naples, FL 34103
- Phone: 239 417 3465
Fax: 239 417 3469 - Email: pasfi@aol.com
Ocala/ Marion County
- Mind and Motion Parkinson’s Support Network
Always the last Friday of the month-1pm to 3 pm - Presentations and Support meetings at:
Master the Possibility Education Center
Circle Square Commons
8415 SW 80th St, Ocala, FL 34481 - Phone: (352) 861-9751
- Information mindandmotion.org or Peter at 407-619-3736
Orange Park Support Group
- Group Facilitators: Stan Harris
dsharrisjr@gmail.com
Phone: (904) 860-2471 - Meets 3rd Saturday of each month
Meeting Time: 2:00 PM - Orange Park Public Library Meeting Room
2054 Plainfield Ave.; Orange Park
Palm Coast
- Laurel Gaddy
laurel.gaddy@ahss.org
Panama City
- Group Facilitator: Karen McGee (850) 215-1793 (Senior Helpers of Panama City).
Meets on the second Tuesday of each month
Time: at 9:30 am - Brookdale Assisted Living
2575 Harrison
Panama City, FL 32405.
Spring Hill Parkinson’s Support Group
- Contact: Ramona DesLauries- (352)796-0596
- Meets 1st Monday of the month
Time: 1 – 3pm - Spring Hill Enrichment Center
11375 Cortez Blvd. (behind Oak Hill Hospital). - Tai chi group for those with Parkinson’s and their caregivers, 2:30 to 3:30 p.m. Tuesdays, Body Fitness, 5181 Mariner Drive.
St Augustine PDSG
- St. Augustine PD (and PD plus) Support Group (care-partners welcome)
- Contact: Melanie Lomaglio
Phone: 904-501-8779
email: Melanie@starsrehab.org - Meeting location: STARS Rehab
105 Mariner Health Way
St Augustine, FL, 32086 - For a list of upcoming events please visit our webpage: https://starsrehab.org/parkinsons-support-group/
Tallahassee Parkinson Support Groups
Tallahassee Memorial Parkinson’s Center
- Contact: Monica Hubmann
hubmann-m@mail.tmh.org
- 1401 Centerville Road, Suite 504
Tallahassee, FL 32308
Phone: 850-431-5082
Fax: 850-431-6101 - For Young Onset and Newly Diagnosed Patients
- Meeting Location: Tallahassee Memorial
Hospital, 4-North, Bryan Robinson Classroom - 2nd Thursday of each month at 6PM
Big Bend Parkinsons’ Support Group
- Meets every 4th Friday at 12 noon at
Broadview Assisted Living Facility - Caregivers’ Support Group meets
Every 2nd Friday at 12PM at
Woodmont Assisted Living Facility
Vero Beach- Indian River Estates
- Meeting place:
Alzheimer & Parkinson Association of IRC
2300 5th Avenue, Suite 150
Vero Beach, FL 32960 - Phone: (772) 563-0505
Email: info@alzpark.org - Times:
Last Tuesday of the month – 2:45 (Caregivers only)
Last Wednesday of the month – 10:30 pm (PD patients and caregivers)
The Village People with Parkinson’s
- Contact:
- Lake County: Bill Gray 352-753-2890
- Sumter & Marion Counties: Pat Pipa 352-751-3685 & Marge Gorman 352-259-8853
Email: pjpipa1622@embarqmail.com
- Meeting location: American Legion on Rolling Acres near 466 on 2nd Wednesday at 3-5 p.m.
- Exercise Class every Thursday @ 1PM. at the Chatham Rec Center on Legacy off Buena Vista south of 42.
- Early-onset PD: contact Oscar Alzate
Phone: 352-307-9708