Support Groups

Diabetes Self-Management Support Group
This group meets the second Tuesday of the month from 1:00-2:00 PM in the Diabetes Center. For more information or to register, call Janet Stewart at 339-0121.

Grief Support Groups
These groups offer a safe place where adults come together to share their grief following the death of a loved one.  Trained facilitators offer educational programs and an opportunity to share and heal. The group offers participants understanding, support and hope.   Meetings are the Third Wednesday of each month at 1:00 PM at HealthPoint Plaza in Cape Girardeau, MO. For more information, call  Julie Metzger in Social Services at 573-651-5549 .

Muscular Dystrophy Association Support Group
This group will be meeting the 4th Tuesday of every month at HealthPoint Plaza from 6:00 - 8:00 PM Contact the Muscular Dystrophy Association at 573-335-4400 for more information..

Mended Hearts Club
Mended Hearts is a national, non-profit service organization designed to provide continuing education and emotional support for heart patients and their families. It meets the 2nd Tuesday of the month at 6:00 PM. For more information, call Vicki Frank, BS, RN, supervisor of Cardiac/Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services at Southeast Hospital, at 331-7950.

Moving For Life
This educational program occurs the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 9:30 AM in the large conference room at HealthPoint Fitness Cape. This is a support group for those who have had joint replacement surgery as well as for those who are considering joint replacement. (Open at no charge to both members and non-members)

SHARE Grief Support Group
This support group, for parents who have lost children due to miscarriage, still birth, neonatal death and ectopic pregnancy. Group meets during Grief Support Group meeting every second Tuesday at 7:00 PM at Grace United Methodist Church or the third Wednesday of each month at 1:00 PM at HealthPoint Fitness in Cape. For more information, call Pastoral Care at 651-5519 or Social Services at 651-5549.

United Ostomy Association
This group meets the second Wednesday of each month at Southeast Hospital. A volunteer organization, UOA’s goal is to reduce the practical and emotional burdens of those who have undergone ostomy surgery so they may function as fully as possible socially and physically. For more information, call Linda Wessel, BSN, RN, CWOCN, at 651-5844.