Support Group information is subject to change. Please contact the support group before you attend a meeting for the first time or if you have not attended recently.
Brain Injury Peer Visitors bring understanding to patients at UW Hospital
The University of Wisconsin Hospital and School of Medicine and Public Health has a new Brain Injury Peer Visitor Program in their Neuro ICU Unit and Neuro Unit. This program is part of the Brain Injury Peer Visitor Association.
UW Hospital has six volunteers working in the Brain Injury Peer Visitor program. Five of the volunteers are former brain injury patients at UW Hospital, and the fifth is the caregiver of a former patient.
The volunteers visit with current brain injury patients and their families. They answer questions, listen and, maybe most importantly, let the patients know they are not alone.
UW Hospital has become the first hospital in the Midwest to create a Brain Injury Peer Visitor Program!
Read an article about the program on the UW website.
Watch a news story on the program from WISC-TV News 3, Madison.
NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
Ashland
Chequamegon Clinic (she-wam-again)
415 Ellis Ave.
Meetings:
Every 3rd Wednesday @ 1-2 p.m.
Contact:
Stewart Holman
(715) 682-5676
Burnett County
Siren Covenant Church
7686 Lofty Pines Drive
Meetings:
Every 2nd Sunday @ 1-2:30 p.m.
Contact:
Jerry or Karen
(H) (715) 349-8985
Rice Lake
Lakeview Medical Center
Conference Room
1100 N. Main
Meetings:
Every 1st Sunday @ 1:30-3:30 p.m.
Contact:
Corinne & Jim Richie (715) 234-0079
St. Croix County
Civic Center
156 E. 1st St.
New Richmond
Meetings:
Every 2nd Thursday @ 6 p.m.
Contact:
Mary Fraiser
(651) 442-3960
Maggie Bauer
(715) 246-0516
NORTHWEST – EAU CLAIRE AREA
Eau Claire Self Help
Sacred Heart Hospital – Eau Claire
900 West Clairemont, Bishop Hall
Meetings:
Every 3rd Thursday @ 7-8:30 p.m.
Contact:
Audrey Nelson
(715) 838-9352
Rhonda Olson
(715) 717-4392
Mild Brain Injury Group
Luther Hospital – Eau Claire
1221 Whipple Street
Meetings:
Every 3rd Tuesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Mary Beth Clark
(715) 838-3258
Young Persons TBI Group
Varied locations.
Meetings:
Varied days/times.
Contact:
Mary Beth Clark or Tom Sather
(715) 838-3258
Acquired Brain Injury Group
Contact:
Tom Sather
(715) 838-3310 for information
SOUTHWEST WISCONSIN
Big River Chapter – LaCrosse
Franciscan-Skemp Healthcare
Rose Conf. Room
2nd Floor
Meetings:
Every last Tuesday @ 5:30-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Linda Syverson-Kerr
(608) 780-4431
Southwest WI Brain Injury Support Group
Shullsburg Community Townsend Building
Senior Center Room
Meetings:
Every 2nd Thursday @ 7 p.m.
Contact:
Beth Hanley-Adams
(608) 726-0335
bethlynn_author@yahoo.com
CENTRAL WISCONSIN
Wausau
Aspirus Wausau Hospital
333 Pine Ridge Blvd.
Meetings:
Every 2nd Thursday @ 7 p.m.
Contact:
Lea Ratajczyk
(W) (715) 847-2826
NORTHEAST WISCONSIN
Brown County
N.E.W. Curative Rehabilitation
2900 Curry Lane
Green Bay, WI 54311
Meetings:
2nd Tuesday every other month @ 5:30-7 p.m.
Contact:
Stephanie Umentum
(920) 593-3570
stumentum@newcurative.org
Making New Connections
2990 Voyager Drive
Green Bay
Meetings:
Every 4th Wednesday @ 7-9 p.m.
Contact:
Karen Feld
(H) (920) 866-9493
Manitowoc County
First Lutheran Church
N. 8th St.
Meetings:
Every 3rd Monday @ 6:30- 8 p.m.
Contact:
Lynn Paider
(920) 755-2692
Oshkosh
Ability Resource Center
115 Washington Ave.
Suite A
Meetings:
2nd Thursday (alternate months) @ 10:30 a.m.-Noon
Contact:
Bob Poeshc
bob@arcwinnebago.com
TBI Support Group Oshkosh
Aurora Medical Center
855 N. Westhaven Dr.
Meetings:
Every 4th Thursday @ 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Contact:
Michael Athanasiou
(920) 233-3655
Sheboygan Area
Miracle Pt. Brain Injury Society
St. Nicholas Hospital
Francis Room
Meetings:
Every 1st Monday 6:30-8:00 p.m. (September–May)
Contact:
Wendy Clark
(W) (920) 459-4642
Appleton
St. Elizabeth Hospital
1506 S. Oneida Street
Meetings:
Every 4th Monday @ 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Julie Biesterveld
(920) 731-9831 x113
julie@soarfoxcities.com
Fond du Lac/TLC
St. Agnes Hospital
Plaza level Conference Room
Meetings:
Every 2nd Tuesday @ 7 p.m.
Contact:
Shirley Speier
(H) (920) 923-5462
Niki Bartus
(H) (920) 929-7322
SOUTHEAST – MILWAUKEE AREA
Brain Injury Rehab Center of Milwaukee
5700 W. Layton Avenue
Meetings:
Every 4th Monday @ 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Mary Smith
(414) 325-4018
Embracing Hope
Zablocki Library
3501 W. Oklahoma Avenue
Meetings:
Every 4th Wednesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Lisa Alberte, RN, BSN, CCM, MS, CRC, ABDA
(262) 679-9684
TBI Discussion & Support Group
Froedtert Hospital
Room 5291
9200 W. Wisconsin Ave.
Milwaukee, WI
Meetings:
Every 3rd Tuesday @ 6-7:15 p.m.
Contact:
Facilitator Dr. Richard Markell
(414) 805-3666
SOUTHEAST WISCONSIN
Waukesha County Heading Forward
Waukesha Memorial Hospital
725 American Dr.
Waukesha, WI
Meetings:
Every 1st Wednesday @ 6-7:30 p.m.
Contact:
Deb Swearingen, RN, BSN, CNRN
(262) 928-2351
Dodge County
Clearview Brain Injury Center
Clearview North
199 Home Rd.
Juneau, WI
Meetings:
Every 3rd Monday @ 6-7 p.m.
Contact:
Tammy Novotny
(W) (920) 386-3400
Kenosha County
Stateline TBI Support Group for Functioning Teens and Adults
First Christian Church
13022 Wilmot Rd
Kenosha
Meetings:
Every 3rd Tuesday @ 7- 8:30 p.m.
Contact:
Beth Jankowski
(262) 344-1505
statelinetbi@yahoo.com
SOUTHEAST – MADISON AREA
Madison Area Stroke and Aneurysm Support Group
UW Health Administrative Services
1212 Deming Way
Room 131 (1st floor)
Madison, WI 53717
Online: Madison Area Stroke and Aneurysm Support Group
Click “Subscribe for updates” for monthly details about upcoming group meetings.
Meetings:
Online and in-person every first Wednesday @ 6:00-8:00 p.m.
Contact:
Melanie McCauley
(608) 264-4698
mmccauley@uwhealth.org
Mild Brain Injury Resource Network
Madison Meriter Hospital
202 S. Park, 1st Floor
10 Tower Conference Room
Meetings:
Every 3rd Thursday @ 6:30-8:00 p.m.
Contact:
Deb Enburg, Ph.D.
(608) 845-6356
dpenburg@chorus.net
Mild Brain Injury Group for Spouses & Significant Others
Meriter Hospital
Patient Registration Area Conference Room
202 S. Park Street
Meetings:
Every 2nd Monday @ 6:30-8 p.m.
Contact:
Lynn Hovey
(608) 222-4717 or (608) 576-5285
hoveylynn@gmail.com