Caregiver Information and Loss Support

[Claudia Sanchez]

AIDS Hotline (Kitsap)
800 874-2437

AWAKE (Sleep disorders)
360 479-8022, X4

Al-Anon
866 452-6973

Alcoholics Anonymous
800 562-7455

Alliance for the Mentally Ill of Kitsap County
360 377-2910

Alzheimer’s Association
800 848-7097

Alzheimer’s & Dementia Caregiver Support Groups:
Bremerton (Marine Courte)
360 373-8551

Poulsbo (Martha & Mary Health Center)
360 779-7500

American Cancer Society
800 729-1151

Amputee Support Group
360 830-4432

Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (Lou Gehrig’s Disease)
800 782-4747

Bereavement
360 698-4611or 253-274-4600

Better Breathers
360 774-6685

Brain Injury
425 268-2934

Cancer Caregiver Support Group
360 744-4625

Caregiver Support Center
9729 Silverdale Way
(360) 337-5700 or (800) 562-6418
Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4:30
The Caregiver Support Center offers information, referral, consultation, counseling, social services and in-home case management services for caregivers and their families. Caregivers can meet with social service professionals and borrow books and videos about care giving issues from the lending library. Free brochures, booklets, tip sheets, and resource lists are available to take home or be mailed. The center also offers caregivers an Internet station that offers free access to the Internet to search helpful web sites and resources related to care giving.
Eligibility Requirements: Informal caregivers who are not being paid to provide care for either a care recipient 18 years of age or older, or a child under 19 who has a developmental disability, or a child being raised by a grandparent or other relative 60 years of age and older.

Caregivers Support
Port Orchard
360 874-6686
Port Orchard (Orchard Pointe)
360 874-7400
Poulsbo (Liberty Shores)
360 779-5533
 

COMFORT KEEPERS

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3256 Chico Way, Bremerton, 98312
(360) 373-5678 or (877) 885-HOME Fax: 360 373-2263
Website: www.comfortkeepers.com Email: kitsap@comfortkeepers.com
Provide non-medical in-home health care and are open 8:00 am- 4:30 pm daily, 7 days a week, with 24hr on call.
 

COMPASSIONATE FRIENDS -BREMERTON

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(360) 620-4831
Hours: 24 hours
Contact Person: Suzanne Coleman
Support group for bereaved PARENTS and Family members. Provides emotional support to those going through the crisis of loss. Books, pamphlets, newsletters, monthly meetings available. No fees. Meetings are held the 3rd Tuesday of each month at Harrison Hospital in Silverdale. For more information call the number above.
 

HOSPICE OF KITSAP COUNTY GRIEF AND LOSS SUPPORT GROUPS AND PROGRAMS

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(360) 698-4611
Hours: Monday-Friday 8-4:30
Website: www.hospiceofkitsapcounty.org
Hospice of Kitsap County offers a variety of support groups. Listed below are the different choices. You will need to call the number above for more information and to register for a program. Adult Grief Support Groups, locations in Bremerton, Port Orchard, Poulsbo, Silverdale and Bainbridge Island. Grief in the Workplace Program, by request only. They also offer Kids Grief Support groups for kids age 4-18. Coping With Grief During the Holidays. Support care (nursing, psychosocial and spiritual) for the terminally ill and their loved one during their last days.

Lupus
360 443-2086

Men’s Cancer Support
360 598-7500

National Association for the Mentally Ill (NAMI)
360 698-4668

Northwest Clean Air Agency
360 428-1617 or 800 622-4627

Northwest Kidney Foundation/Center
206 292-5351

Ovarian / Gynecological Support Group
360 744-4625
 

PARENT SUPPORT

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(253) 426-6735 or page Paula Kulhman at (253) 416-3821
Hours: 24hours
Support group for parents who have lost an infant (conception to one year). It does not matter what the
circumstances. Group meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month from 7-9 p.m. at St Joseph’s Hospital in Tacoma.
Interested parties should call the Pastoral Care Office at the above number.

Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
360 895-6220
 

PROJECT RACHEL

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(206) 920-6413 or (800) 822-HOPE
Hours: 24 hours
Weekend retreat available. Phone Counseling and referrals available. This is a healing and reconciliation service.
No affiliation with the Catholic church is necessary.

Self Help for the Hard of Hearing
360 871-0997

Sight Connections
800 458-4888

Stroke Support Group
360 744-8980

Take Off Pounds Sensibly
360 871-6120

Traumatic Brain Injury Support Group
360 744-8980

Women’s Cancer Support Group (Bremerton)
360 744-4625

Women’s Cancer Support Group (Poulsbo)
360 598-7500