Patient Services
   Offers:  Information & referrals; transportation, equipment loans,
   ostomy groups, Make Today Count, Reach for Recovery, Etc.

1 -888-227-6333

625-2227

727-1172

686-4900

255-2555

306-4400

467-3901

363-7542

855-7755

547-9541

399-9700

631-9336

490-9323

466-1401

489-3111

9344663

Family Care in Home Medical

399-9700

Health Horizons

631-9336

In Home Health

490-9323

Interim Healthcare

466-1401

Jewish Family Service

489-3111

Kelly Assisted LMng

490-1203

Maryview Wellspring Home Care

398-2338

Obici Home Health

934-4663

Olsten Quality Care

499-2303

Personal Touch Home Care

855-1136

Senior Services of SE Virginia
   Over 60 - Companion aid, meals, case management services,        transportation

461-9481

Division of Social Services:

Chesapeake

382-2000

Norfolk

664-6450

Portsmouth

398-3600

Virginia Beach

437-3200

Sentara Home Care & Hospice Services

461-2253

Staff Builders Home Health

466-1340

Virginia Beach Health Care & Rehab Ctr.

481-3500

At Home Care Hospice

467-3901

Comfort Care

547-9541

EDMARC Hospice for Children

668-8600

Hospice Info. - Tidewater Regional Cancer Network

446-7440

Hospice Support Care of Williamsburg

1-757-253-1220

Hospice Volunteers of Portsmouth Area

398-2676 ext#621

Hospice Volunteers, Inc.

460-7822

House Calls Home Health

562-5887

Jewish Family Service - Jan Ganderson

489-3111

National Hospice Organization

1 -703-243-5900

Oncology Unit - Obici Hospital, Suffolk

934-4772

Personal Touch Home Care & Hospice

855-1355

River Point Rehab & Health Care Ctr

340-0620

Riverside Regional Med Ctr Hospice

594-2745

Sentara Home Care Services

461-2253

V.A. Palliative Care (for vets only)

722-9961 ext#2354

VA Assoc. For Hospices

1-757-743-7644

Wellspring - Maryview

398-2338

Chesapeake General
   736 Battlefield Blvd N, Chesapeake, VA 23320

Children’s Hosp of the Kings Daughters
   601 Children’s Ln, Norfolk, VA 23507

DePaul Medical Center
   150 Kingsley Ln, Norfolk, VA 23505

Lake Taylor Hospital
   1309 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 23502

Maryview Medical Center
   636 High St, Portsmouth, VA 23707

Norfolk Community Hospital
   2539 Corprew Aye, Norfolk, VA 23504

Louise Obici Memorial Hospital
   1900 North Main St, Suffolk, VA 23434

Portsmouth General Hospital
   850 Crawford Parkway, Portsmouth, VA 23704

Portsmouth Naval Hospital
   Portsmouth, VA 23708

Sentara Bayside Hospital
   800 Independence Blvd, Va Beach, VA 23455

Sentara Leigh Hospital
   830 Kempsville Rd, Norfolk, VA 23502
       (Resource Center)

Sentara Norfolk General Hospital
   600 Gresham Dr, Norfolk, VA 23507
      (Health Information)

Virginia Beach General Hospital
   1060 First Colonial Rd, Va Beach, VA 23454

130W. Plume St, Norfolk, VA 23510
    Offers: Community human services information and referral free
to general public in Southeastern Virginia.

625-4543

Access Home Care

At Home Care (Private Duty)

Coram Health Care

Family Care

Interim Health Care

Maryview Wellspring

Sentara Home Care Health Services

All above specialize in IV therapy.
DOCTOR’S REFERRAL REQUIRED FOR ABOVE SERVICES.

618 Stockley Gardens (Guild House) Norfolk 23507
   Office hours: 9:30 am to 2:00 pm. Mon - Fri or leave message.
Offers: Area-wide person to person needed emotional and practical support which includes: empathetic listening, general acts of caring, assistance with legal, health coverage and insurance forms, information about community resources, home and hospital visitation transportation.

Jewish Community Center of Tidewater
   Offers: Kosher meals/mobile meals

489-137

Meals-on-Wheels of Chesapeake

547-8121 ext #1122

Meals-on-Wheels of Portsmouth

465-8124

Suffolk Meals-on-Wheels

934-4911

Meals-on-Wheels of Virginia Beach, Inc.

340-2066

Mobile Meals of Norfolk
   Offers: Mobile meals delivered by volunteers. - Hours 9-5 $21.00 per person per week. Waiting list in some areas. May need to wait a few weeks. Call prior to need if possible.

455-5937

Senior Services of SE Virginia
   Offers: Meals for homebound, over 60 residents of Norf, Ports, Ches, Va Beach, Suffolk, Franklin, Isle of Wright and Southhampton Counties. Also offers transportation for medical appointments only.

461-9481

Maury Kroll
   2109 Granby Street, Norfolk, VA 23517
   Electric door locks.

627-3861

Electrical Suppliers
   3796 Progress Road, Norfolk, VA 23502
   Intercom, room to room, bedside to outside

855-3031

City of Norfolk Health Department

Div of Social Services, Norfolk

Div of Social Services, Va Beach
   (ask for screener)

Social Security Administration

24 HOURS A DAY SEVEN DAYS A WEEK
(*Best time to call:  Wed - Fri before 4, after 9)

1-800-772-1213

5425 Robin Hood Rd
Norfolk 23513

3248 Academy Ave
Portsmouth 23703

328 Constitution Dr
  Va Beach 23462

Social Security Rights Center, Inc.
   W. Edward Hudgins, Director
   1100 Laskin Road, Suite 100
   Va Beach, VA 23451

1-800-764-5050

Caring Center, Central Baptist Church
   701 W Olney Rd, Norfolk, VA 23507
   11 rooms available. $7 00/day for a single bed and $8.00/day for a double bed + $1.00 for extra person. Must be verified thru hospital or doctor.

Extended Stay America

  1540 Crossways Blvd, Chesapeake
   4548 Bonney Road, Va Beach
   Weekly rate in Chesapeake of $189, in Va Beach of $199, nightly rate of $39. Studios include fully equipped kitchen, weekly housekeeping, queen-sized bed, telephone with free voice mail, free local calls and computer data ports, color TV, mail and fax delivery, on-site laundry facilities

Ronald McDonald House
   404 Coolly Avenue, Norfolk, VA 23507
   Parents of children with critically ill with cancer have priority.

NOVA Care

   Chesapeake

   Va Beach

   Hampton

Booden Orthopedic & Prosthetic Ctr
   2418 Granby St, Norfolk, VA 23517

Family Care
   801 Court St, Portsmouth, VA 23704
   Vascular & Mastectomy

The Fitting Room
   5950 Poplar Hall Dr, Norfolk, VA 23502
   Orthopedic, Vascular, Mastectomy

Gayle’s Wigs and Things
   100 W 21St St, Norfolk, VA 23517

Knott, BA Prosthetics, Inc. Richmond

Images Unlimited of Va Beach
   2605 Va Beach Bivd, Va Beach, VA 23452
   Hair prosthesis.

LEE’S FRIENDS (FREE wigs)

Med Emporium
   192 Hilltop E, Va Beach, VA 23451
   Prosthetics for mastectomy patients, durable medical equip.

TLC
   Products for women coping with breast cancer.

Tidewater Prosthetic Center
   259 York St, Norfolk, VA 23510

Dept. Of Rehabilitative Services
  Norfolk Commerce Ctr 3
  5425 Robin Hood Rd, Ste 120, Norfolk, VA 23513

Rehabilitation Assoc., Va Beach

Rehabilitation Consultants (speech pathologists)

Riverside Rehab Institute

Rehabilitation Unlimited Inc.

Childrens Home Health
   Department of CHKD

EDMARC Hospice for Children, Inc.
   Care for seriously or terminally ill children.

St. Mary’s Infant Home
   Care for children - handicapped & retarded from birth to 18.

Adult Respite Care - Chesapeake
   748 Battlefield Blvd N., Chesapeake, VA 23320

Older Adult Services
  Offers: Respite, outpatient therapy counseling & day support program

Respite Care for Older Adults
   1876 Wildwood Dr, Va Beach, VA 23454

LEE’S FRIENDS  
   618 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, VA 23507
   Offers: Person to person emotional and practical support for cancer patients and their families in Norfolk, Portsmouth, Chesapeake, Virginia Beach and Suffolk. Our services are offered to all ages from diagnosis to cure or death and bereavement. ALL SERVICES ARE FREE.

Bereaved Parent’s Support Group
   A support group for parent’s who have lost a child. Contact:Evelyn Keever

Bereavement Support Group
  Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday at 7pm at Hospice Volunteers -
  4663 Haygood Road, Suite 211, Va Beach, VA 23455

Bereavement Support Group
  Meets 2nd Thursday at 9:30 - 11 am at Eastern Shore Chapel. Educational and emotional support to family and friends who have lost a loved one.

Bereavement
  New Tomorrows. Meets 1st & 3rd Tuesday 3-4:00 pm and 2nd & 4th Thursday 7-8:00 pm at Riverside Regional Medical Center Thursday. Open group but call ahead. Contact Martha Petit.

Bereavement Support Group - Good Grief
   Hospice bereavement for anyone who has lost a loved one. Meets 1st & 3rd  Thurs, 6:00 at 8 Koger Executive Center

Bereavement Support
   Free eight week sessions held at Woodlawn Funeral Home at 6329 Virginia  Beach Boulevard in Norfolk. Topics include confronting grief, adjusting to loss, stress and loneliness, guilt, depression and anger, turning from grief to life, using spirituality to heal, positive use of memories, holidays and anniversaries. Call for information and to register.

Breast Cancer Support Groups:

Bosom Buddies
   A group for women who have had or are facing a mastectomy and are considering or have already had breast reconstruction. Meets 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 pm in Emmanuel Episcopal Church in Virginia Beach. Contact Mary Frances Swoop.

Obici Hospital, Suffolk
   Meets 4th Tuesday, 6-7:30. Contact Frances Carr.

Chesapeake General Hospital
   Meets 1st Monday, 7-8:30.

Sentara Leigh Hospital
   Meets 1st Thurs. 2pm and 3rd Wed. 7pm

SNGH - Women’s Cancer Support Group
   Meets 2nd & 4th Thursday at 6:30 pm

Va Beach General Hospital
   Meets 2nd Monday at 7:00pm at Health Ed Bldg across from VBGH. For women who have had a mastectomy.

Women’s Wisdom Circle 
   A support and educational group for women who have had cancer. Meets 1st Thursday from 5:30 - 7:00 at EVMS. Call to register.

Cancer Care
   Provides psychological support to cancer patients and their families and community education programs for the general public.

Cancer Information Service
   Cancer info, literature, a personal voice in English or Spanish

Cancer Support Group - Chesapeake Gen 
   Meets 4th Thurs 10:30-12:00 in 5 East Day Room

Cancer Support Group - DePaul 
   Meets 2nd Wed 1:30-2:30 in St. Clare Solarium and 3rd Tues 6:30-7:30 Pastoral Care Meeting Room

Cancer Support Group - Maryview Medical Center 
   Meets 2nd & 4th Tuesday. Call for times and locations.

Cancer Support Group - SNGH 
   Meets 2nd Tues 6:30-8:00 in ROC

Cancer Support Group - VBGH 
   Meets 3rd Mon 6:30 in Health Education Center

Children’s Gnef Support Center
   "Rainbows" - for children, adults - death & divorce

Children’s Hope 
   For parents of terminally ill children.

The Compassionate Friends
   For parents who have lost a child. From still-born to old age.
   Meets 3rd Tuesday of month in Va Beach at Kempsville
   Presbyterian Church at 7:30 and 4th Wednesday of month in Churchland & Portsmouth at Church of the Resurrection at 7:30.

ECAP - Dr Bernie Siegal
   ECAP = Exceptional CAncer Patients

HUGS (Help Us Give Support)
   Peer support and educational program for patients with cervical, endometrial, ovarian, uterine or vulva cancers. Meets 1st & 3rd Wed 6:30 - 8:30 at Community United Methodist Church at 1072 Old Kempsville Rd. Contact Sharon Bander.

Lost Chord Group - Mr. Johnnie Williams 
   Meets ACS, 2730 Elsmere Ave in Norfolk on Mon 1-2 pm

Maryview Medical Center 
   Cancer Education and Support Group. Meets 2nd & 4th Tues of each month at 2pm & 7pm.

Oncology Support - Obici Hospital
   Offers various support meetings: Family Support Coffee for Caregivers - Tues at 11 am in 3 West Family Area; Look Good Feel Better - every other month, 2nd Monday 10 - 12; I Can Cope - Spring & Fall; Coping -2nd Monday at 6:30 in Women’s Ctr Lending Library; Breast Cancer Support meets 4th Tuesday 6:00 - 7:30 pm in Learning Resources Ctr on 3rd floor; Man-to-Man Prostate Support for survivors and spouses meets fourth Tuesday of month at 5:00 pm in Multi Purpose Room. Contact Frances Carr.

Ostomy Support Group
   Education and emotional support for ostomates and their families. Meets 2nd Monday at 7pm at Knights of Columbus, 5201 Kennebeck Ave in Norfolk

Our Children’s Hope 
   A support group for children who have cancer.

Outer Banks Cancer Support Group

Parents of a Seriously Ill Child Group 
   Meets once a month at Bayside Presbyterian, Va Beach - Ed & Reiko Schwab, leaders

Peninsula Cancer Support Group

Sentara Cancer Institute - Resource Center
   Provides a free 3 month calendar at a glance outlining the various support groups available, meeting places and times. Some examples of the groups: ABMT Support Group, Another Sunrise, Bereavement Support Group, Bosom Buddies, Breast Cancer Support Groups, "I Can Cope", Look Good...Feel Better. Cancer fax available - service linked to NCI for latest data on cancer.

Sentara Women’s Health Source 
   Support for women at every stage of life.

US TOO Prostate Cancer Support Group - Contact: Tina Barnes

Y-Me - National Breast Cancer Organization
   212 W Van Buren, Chicago, IL 60607   - Breast cancer support HOTLINE. Emotional support, information and referral to women before, during, and after breast cancer treatment.

Widowed Persons Service of Chesapeake

Widowed Persons Service of Va Beach
   Meets every Tues. night 7-8:30 at First Baptist Church of Norfolk, Kempsville Road and every Thurs. from 1:00-2:30 at Va Beach Christian Church at Great Neck Rd & Rosehall Rd.

Widow/Widower Grief Support Group 
   Meets 1st & 3rd Thurs at PNH. Contact Chaplain Mosley.

TIDEWATER REGIONAL CANCER NETWORK
   Offers: Cancer information and community resources, referral services; psychological support groups for families and patients; support groups for families of children with cancer; educational programs for the public. Hospice information available.

Action Transport
   Medicaid providers - handicapped accessible.

Advance Wheelchair Transport
   Medicaid providers.

American Cancer Society

AMR Tidewater 
   (people on a stretcher, wheelchair, etc.)

Blue Nile 
   Medicaid providers - handicapped accessible.

Blue & White Taxi  
   24 hour service. Hourly rates, meter rates, out-of-town trips.

CAN - Corporate Angel Network
   Nationwide plane transportation for cancer patients to and from treatment centers.

Eastern Medical Transport Service 
   For non-emergency transportation. Medicaid providers. Can service wheelchairs.

LEE’S FRIENDS - FREE
   (Must be ambulatory and minimum of 24 hours notice needed)

Medicaid Patients - Call LEE’S FRIENDS for more information.

Senior Services of Southeastern Virginia
   Norfolk, Va Beach, Portsmouth, Chesapeake
   Suffolk
   For people 60 & over. Once/week for medical appts only. Call 6 days in advance - max of 4 trips/month.

461-9481
934-1661

T.R.T.

HANDI-RIDE
   certified handicapped only (must be registered with TRT). Wheelchairs accommodated.

MAXI-RIDE
   not able to accommodate wheelchairs.

Wheelchair Get-A-Way
   Luxurious vans with lifts. Rent $85.00/day on a 24 hour basis.

ABC Health Care   -   2715 Build America Dr, Hampton, VA 23666  -  TOLL FREE

826-2600

1-800-262-6364

Access Home Care 
   417 S Lynnhaven Road, Ste 104, Va Beach, VA 23452 (Durable Medical Equipment, respiratory and IV therapy)

873-1700

American Cancer Society 2730 Ellsmere Aye, Norfolk, VA 23513
   (Also loans medical supplies)

1-888-227-6333

American Home Patient
   1700A South Park Ct, Chesapeake, VA 23320

APRIA Health Care

Area Access Mobility Specialists
   879 W. Ocean View Aye, Norfolk, VA 23503    (Handicapped access, wheelchair lifts, stairway lifts, elevators, home remodeling, architectural modification.)

Arthur’s Drug Store
  451 W Princess Anne Rd, Norfolk, VA 23517   (Drugs, medicine, diapers for all ages, sizes. Medicare billing.)

Glare Medical
   3220 High St, Portsmouth, VA 23707

Family Care In-Home Medical Services
   801 Court Street, Portsmouth  -   (Call for other area locations)

Health Care Concepts
   1075 Independence BIvd, Va Beach, VA 23455

Justine’s Clothes Bank

LEE’S FRIENDS
   618 Stockley Gardens, Norfolk, VA 23507

Med Emporium
   2320 East Little Creek Road, Norfolk, 23518

   Hampton

Rehab Health Care, Norfolk

Sentara Respiratory & Medical Equipment
   5345 E Va Beach Blvd, Norf, VA 23502

Va Assistive Technology System (VATS)
   Service designed to enable Virginians to seek technological solutions to challenges faced and allow the comparison of available options

Virginia Home Medical

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