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PATIENT SUPPORT GROUPS | LEUKEMIA AND LYMPHOMA SOCIETY

Offers a patient support group for individuals diagnosed with a blood cancer. Meetings are facilitated by a social worker and an oncology nurse. Call for locations and times.

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Outpatients
Lymphoma
Cancer
Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma
Inpatients
Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Hodgkin's Disease
Patients
Leukemia
Support Groups

LOOK GOOD,FEEL BETTER (LAKE SUCCESS) | LOOK GOOD,FEEL BETTER (LAKE SUCCESS)

Teaches beauty techniques to female cancer patients to help them manage the appearance-related side effects of cancer treatment. Includes lessons on skin and nail care, cosmetics, wigs and turbans, accessories and styling, helping people with cancer. Contact the American Cancer Society (800) 227-2345 for more information.

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Females
Cancer
Chemotherapy / Radiation Therapy Patients
Health / Disability Related Support Groups

BREAST HEALTH | SOUTH SHORE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL - NORTHWELL HEALTH

Offers breast examinations, training in breast self-examination, and state-of-the-art mammography services and needle localization of suspect masses. Employs services of specially trained surgeons to provide lumpectomies or mastectomies, if needed. Offers radiation therapy. Conducts patient and family support groups. Participates in collection of data concerning possible environmental causes of breast cancer and distributes educational material.

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Breast Examinations
Breast Care Centers
Health Screening / Diagnostic Services
Breast Self Examination Instruction
Mastectomy Patients
Hospitals
Health Education
Mammograms
Research
Chemotherapy / Radiation Therapy
Biopsies

BRIDGE TO SURVIVORSHIP-BREAST CANCER | BRIDGE TO SURVIVORSHIP-BREAST CANCER

Offers breast cancer survivors, who have completed treatment, information and support. Meetings will be held in the Monter conference room every other month depending on speaker availability. Please call for more information.

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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Breast Cancer
Mastectomy Patients

CHILDHOOD BRAIN AND SPINAL TUMOR CENTER | CHILDHOOD BRAIN AND SPINAL TUMOR CENTER

Provides comprehensive care for children diagnosed with tumors of the nervous system(brain and spinal cord).

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Disease / Disability Specific Screening / Diagnosis
Pediatrics
Children
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
Specialty Medicine
Specialty Hospitals
Hospitals
Children's Hospitals
Pediatric Patients
Condition Specific Treatment
Brain Tumors
Specialized Pediatric Evaluation

WOMEN'S DAY REHABILITATION SERVICES | WOMEN'S DAY REHABILITATION SERVICES

An intensive, medically supervised outpatient rehabilitation program servicing chemically addicted pregnant and parenting women. Additional services include parenting instructions, 12 step program, education and on-site child care. The following treatment services are available: drug and alcohol screening comprehensive psychiatric and biopsychosocial evaluation alcohol and substance abuse counseling and psychoeducation groups individual, group and family therapy parenting, child development, health, life skills, education groups, and workshops GED preparation, vocational assessments, groups, and planning and on-site child care (infants through pre-school age).

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Children of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder
Parenting Education
Outpatients
Substance Use Disorders
Families and Individuals Needing Support
Parenting Skills Classes
Drug Use Disorder Counseling
Families / Friends of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment
Pregnant Women With a Drug Use Disorder
Females
Adults

QUANNACUT OUTPATIENT ADDICTION SERVICES | QUANNACUT OUTPATIENT ADDICTION SERVICES

Offers outpatient drug/alcohol counseling sessions for clients and their families.Licensed by The New York State Office of Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Services (NYS OASAS).

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Families / Friends of Individuals With a Drug Use Disorder
Drug Use Disorder Counseling
Hospitals
Hospital Based Outpatient Services
Mental Health Assessment and Treatment
Alcohol Use Disorder Counseling
Outpatients
Drug Use Disorders
Families / Friends of Individuals With an Alcohol Use Disorder
Alcohol Use Disorder
Comprehensive Outpatient Substance Use Disorder Treatment

DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY | DEPARTMENT OF PSYCHIATRY

Evaluates and treats children in the inpatient unit, aged 5-13 years, for emotional and behavioral problems, using short term stays (1-12 weeks). Discharge planning includes school placement, outpatient follow-up and family support. Also provides outpatient psychiatric evaluations and treatment for children, adolescents and families including medical assessments of medication for behavior disorders, school psychiatric evaluations, preschool assessment, forensic evaluation for various externalizing disorders such as affective disorders, hyperactivity, attention, impulsivity and conduct problems, affective disorders such as depression and/or mania and developmental disorders and language problems.

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Mental Health Assessment and Treatment
Mental Illness / Emotional Disabilities
Children's Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Pediatrics
Psychiatric Medication Monitoring
Psychiatric Rehabilitation
Inpatients
Psychiatric Disorder Counseling
Clinical Psychiatric Evaluation
Parenting / Family Support Groups
Central Intake / Assessment for Mental Health Services
Hospitals
Family Counseling
Hospital Based Outpatient Services

DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS | DEPARTMENT OF PEDIATRICS

Provides primary care services and subspecialty services in pediatrics including the following: Adolescent Medicine, Allergy Immunology, Cardiology, Cody Center for Autism and Developmental Disabilities, Critical Care, Developmental and Behavioral, Endocrinology, Gastroenterology, Genetic and Metabolic Disorders, Hematology and Oncology, Pediatric AIDS Center, Infectious Diseases, Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, Nephrology, Pulmonology. Also offers Cystic Fibrosis Center, Children's Kidney Center, Children's Lung, Allergy and Breathing Center, as well as Counseling, Education and Support for Kids.

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Pediatric Infectious Disease Specialty
Pediatric Intensive Care
Pediatric Endocrinology
Infants
Adolescent Medicine
Pediatric Hematology / Oncology
Pediatric Gastroenterology
Pediatric Allergy Specialty
Children
Hospitals
Pediatric AIDS
Pediatric Patients
Patients
Inpatients
Pediatric Neurology
Pediatric Pulmonary Disease Specialty
Pediatric Nephrology
Neonatal Intensive Care
Cancer
Genetic Disorders
Pediatric Cardiology
Adolescents
Pediatrics

CENTER FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY | CENTER FOR WEIGHT LOSS SURGERY

Provides a comprehensive obesity surgery program including diet, medication, nutrition, exercise and non-surgical weight loss methods. Offers Gastric Bypass and Lapband Procedure.

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Clinical Weight Loss Programs
Weight Loss Surgery Patients
Obesity
Hospitals
Adults

POST-TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP | POST-TRANSPLANT SUPPORT GROUP

Offers individuals who have had bone marrow or stem cell transplant surgery the opportunity to interact with their peers, share concerns and successes.

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Bone Marrow Transplants
Transplant Patients
Health / Disability Related Support Groups

PHYSICAL THERAPY | PHYSICAL THERAPY

Helps patients achieve functional independence and helps to improve their quality of life. Rehabilitation can assist patients with proper body mechanics, ambulation, prosthetics, wheelchair mobility, range of motion and strengthening exercises. Therapists address functional tasks including: positioning and splinting of extremities, lymphedema control, wound desensitization, and scar management. Car seat installation program. Call for more information.

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Patients
Prosthetic Devices
Physical Disabilities
Hospitals
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Health Care
Physical Therapy

CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AMBULATORY SERVICES | CHILD AND ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY AMBULATORY SERVICES

Provides consultation, evaluation and individual, group and family treatments for children and adolescents with behavioral and emotional difficulties and their families. Specialized programs under Ambulatory Care include medication evaluation and treatment legal services for divorce, abuse and criminal justice issues psycholtherapy for gay and lesbian youth and parent and professional education. Children with DSM-IV Axis l diagnosis and related significant distress and dysfunction are eligible. Call for further information.

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Children
Infants
Hospitals
Outpatient Health Facilities
Hospital Based Outpatient Services
Outpatients
Health Screening / Diagnostic Services
Adolescents
Clinical Psychiatric Evaluation
Mental Illness / Emotional Disabilities
Adolescent Psychiatric Inpatient Units
Parent Counseling
Pediatrics
Parent to Parent Networking

THE FORTUNOFF TREATMENT AND REHABILITATION CENTER | CEREBRAL PALSY ASSOCIATION OF NASSAU COUNTY

Offers services including: Diagnostic evaluations, primary care, medical, dental, orthopedic, physiatry, neurology, optometry, podiatry, gynecology, psychiatry, psychology, social work, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech and language therapy, audiology, and rehabilitative services, which includes wheelchair evaluations, seating and mobility, pressure mapping, orthotics, splinting, augmentative communication, power mobility training and computer access.

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Dental Care
Audiology
Artificial Speech / Augmentative Communication Aids
Speech Therapy
Occupational Therapy
Developmental Disabilities
Disability / Rehabilitation Related Occupational Therapy
Outpatients
Health Screening / Diagnostic Services
Physical Therapy

JOHN L. NORRIS ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER | JOHN L. NORRIS ADDICTION TREATMENT CENTER

Provides residential alcohol/drug abuse treatment program to hearing impaired or deaf adults. Offers individual and group counseling which includes relapse prevention, assertiveness, grief, and vocational counseling. Also offers educational lectures, films, group discussions, Alcoholics Anonymous Meetings, Concerned Others Program and Narcotics Anonymous Meetings.

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Alcohol Use Disorder Counseling
Bereaved Children
Residential Substance Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Residential Alcohol Use Disorder Treatment Facilities
Abused Adults
Substance Use Disorders
Inpatients
Addictions / Substance Use Disorder Support Groups
Drug Use Disorder Counseling
Adult Children of Alcoholics Support Groups
Hearing Loss
Alcohol Use Disorder
Residential Drug Use Disorder Treatment Facilities

MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER | MULTIPLE SCLEROSIS COMPREHENSIVE CARE CENTER

Provides care to multiple sclerosis patients and their families including diagnostic services, on-going assessment and management, physical therapy, counseling and resource and referral services.

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Patients
Health Supportive Services
Multiple Sclerosis
Health / Disability Related Counseling
Hospitals
Specialized Information and Referral
Families and Individuals Needing Support
Multiple Sclerosis Clinics
Physical Therapy

TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND COMA RECOVERY | TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY AND COMA RECOVERY

Offers a full range of integrated services and innovative treatment strategies for children with brain injuries. Services include: rehabilitation therapies, cognitive remediation, neuropsychology, behavior management, pain management, feeding therapy and complementary care.

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Physical Therapy
Pediatric Rehabilitation
Brain Injuries
Neuropsychiatry / Neuropsychology
Occupational Therapy
Pediatric Patients
Speech Therapy

ON TREATMENT BREAST CANCER GROUP | ON TREATMENT BREAST CANCER GROUP

Offers breast cancer patients undergoing radiation treatment the opportunity to discuss their experiences with other indviduals.

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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Chemotherapy / Radiation Therapy Patients
Mastectomy Patients
Breast Cancer

PULMONARY REHABILITATION PROGRAM | Good Samaritan University Hospital

Provides an outpatient 10 week (3 visits per week, two hours per visit) program offering diagnosis, exercise therapy and patient education for people with respiratory disabilities. Services include medical evaluation and follow up by Board Certified Pulmonary Physicians,complete pulmonary function studies including supervised cardiac-monitored exercise modalities.

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Hospitals
Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Support Groups
Hospital Based Outpatient Services
Pulmonary Disease Specialty
Outpatients
Pulmonary Function Screening
Exercise Classes / Groups

RESPIRATORY CARE SERVICE | RESPIRATORY CARE SERVICE

Offers extensive breathing therapy for patients of all ages. Therapy includes mechanical ventilation, small volume nebulizers, metered dose inhalers, breathing exercises, postural drainage and ambulatory oxygen therapy. Physician referred by appointment

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Pulmonary Rehabilitation
Patients
Hospitals
Ventilator Dependency
Oxygen Dependency

FAMILY CENTERED PATIENT ADVOCACY TRAINING | FAMILY CENTERED PATIENT ADVOCACY TRAINING

Offers a two hour training session for patients or advocates to help prepare individuals for hospitalization, understand the healthcare system and cope with a medical diagnosis. Call for more information.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Individual Advocacy
Patient Rights Assistance
Patients
Patient / Family Support Services
Health Education

PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION | PATIENT ADVOCATE FOUNDATION

A national organization that serves as a liaison between the patient and their insurer, employer and/or creditors to resolve insurance, job discrimination and/or debt crisis matters relative to their diagnosis. Seeks to safeguard patients through mediation assuring access to care, maintenance of employment and preservation of financial stability. Provides legal consultation and referral services for patients facing denial of insurance coverage, employment discrimination and need for negotiating support with public assistance programs. In situations of health crisis, careworkers offer free help in resolving issues. Website offers online request-for-help capability and has a directory of prescription drug patient assistance programs that offer medicines free of charge to physicians whose patients might not otherwise have access to necessary medicine.

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Patient Rights Assistance
Health Insurance Claims Assistance for Beneficiaries
Employment Discrimination Assistance
Discrimination Assistance
Debt Management
Insurance Claims Assistance
Patients

LONG ISLAND TRIO CHAPTER | LONG ISLAND TRIO CHAPTER

An international non-profit organization dedicated to promoting organ donation awareness, providing support to recipients and candidates, promoting the education of its members and the public and advocating members concerns to the legislatures. Meetings held the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 145 Community Drive, Great Neck NY 11030.

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Volunteer Opportunities
Organ Transplants
Transplant Patients

WESTHAMPTON CARE CENTER | WESTHAMPTON CARE CENTER

Skilled nursing facility providing alzheimer's disease, dementia care, intensive rehabilitation services including physical, occupational, and speech therapy, long term care, pain management, short term rehabilitation, subacute care, terminal care and wound care.

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Occupational Therapy
Frail Elderly
Physical Therapy
Subacute Care Nursing Facilities
Health Care
Wound Clinics
Dementia
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Rehabilitation / Habilitation Services
Speech Therapy
People With Chronic Illnesses
Inpatients
Home / Community Care Recipients
Dementia Management
Pain Management
Terminal Illness
Nursing Facilities
Patients

GRUPO DE APOYO DE MUJERES LATINAS CONCANCER EN LOS SENOS | GRUPO DE APOYO DE MUJERES LATINAS CONCANCER EN LOS SENOS

Offers Latino breast cancer survivors opportunities to discuss their experiences. Call for meeting dates.

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Health / Disability Related Support Groups
Mastectomy Patients
Hispanic / Latino Community
Breast Cancer