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A to Z |
National
Support Groups Back
to Conditions |
| Benign Essential Tremor |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Dyspraxia |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Epilepsy |
EPICS
(Epilepsy Partnership in Caithness
and Sutherland) |
| GBS |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Head Injury |
Contact
us if you would like more information
Highland Headway "Helping to
Build Shattered Lives"
A head injury can happen to anyone,
anytime, anywhere. Headway offers support to head injured people
and their families. Helpline number Libby Macdonald 01667
451808
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| Huntington's Disease |
The local contact is Sylvia
Struthers, telephone 01847 896316. |
| Motor Neurone Disease |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Multiple Sclerosis
(MS) |
Multiple
Sclerosis Society Scotland (Caithness) Branch has its own website, including contact details.
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| Muscular Dystrophy |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Myalgic
Encephalopathy (ME) |
Contact
us if you would like more information or would like help in setting
up a local group. |
| Myasthenia gravis |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Parkinson's disease |
There
is no local support group, but Caithness is lucky enough to have a
Welfare Visitor, Jane Coll, who can be contacted on 01847 851480.
Employed by the Parkinson's Disease Society, Parkinson's Welfare
Visitors are available to speak to either people with Parkinson's
disease or their carers, or both. There is much that the Welfare
Visitor can do such as help you ensure you are receiving all the
benefits you are entitled to and giving advice on living with the
condition. |
| Other conditions |
Contact
us if you would like more information |
| Stroke |
The local North Highland
Volunteer Stroke Service Co-ordinator is Janice Falconer. Janice
organises a wide range of activities designed to stimulate the mind and
body, and the groups have seen people make significant progress
following strokes. Ably assisted by volunteers, the groups provide
a vital link for people following a stroke, and local hospitals are
provided with information packs by the Volunteer Stroke Service to hand
out to patients on discharge from hospital.
Phone Janice on 01847 895158 for details of her groups in Thurso and Wick.
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