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Advance Directive Workshop

Staff is available to answer questions and assist in completing Healthcare Power of Attorney and/or Living Wills.

Ripon Medical Center

  • When: Second Tuesday of each month at 2:30 p.m.
  • Where: Ripon Medical Center: Princeton Room; 933 Newbury Street, Ripon
  • Contact: Linda Powell - (920) 748-9134

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Alzheimer's Support Group

Adult Day Services

  • When: Second Tuesday of each month from 1:30 to 3 p.m.
  • Where: Adult Day Services; 420 East Merrill Avenue, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Kathy Kempf - (920) 921-5812 or (920) 921-5813

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Alzheimer's Caregiver Support Group

  • When:  First Thursday of each month from 5 to 6 p.m.
  • Where: Ripon Medical Center, Princeton Room (First Floor)
  • Contact:  Kathi Luker, (920) 229-7621
  • Group facilitated by James Wallace D.O.

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Bereavement Support Group

Open Groups:

Registration is not required for open groups.  Anyone experiencing the loss of a loved one may attend any of the meetings and different individuals may be there each time.

 

Adult Grief Support Groups

Ripon Medical Center (Life After Loss)
  • When: Second Tuesday of each month at 1:30 p.m.
  • Where: Ripon Public Library: Nash Room; 120 Jefferson Street, Ripon
  • Facilitated by: Sharon Modrzynski, CT
  • Contact: Sister Joyann Repp at (920) 907-3926


St. Agnes Hospital
  • When: Third Tuesday of each month from noon to 1:15 p.m.
  • Where: Agnesian HealthCare's Journeys: a health resource center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Sister Joyann Repp - (920) 924-4660

St. Agnes Hospital
  • When: Second Wednesday of each month 6 to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Agnesian HealthCare's Fitness Center Meeting Room, Lower Level (across from St. Agnes Employees Credit Union)
  • Contact: Sister Joyann Repp - (920) 924-4660

Waupun Memorial Hospital
  • When: Third Wednesday of each month from 1 to 2:30 p.m.
  • Where: Waupun Memorial Hospital: Chapel; 620 W. Brown Street, Waupun
  • Contact: Staci Salzmann - (920) 907-3926

Wautoma
  • When:  Fourth Thursday of each month at 2:30 p.m.
  • Where: Heartland House's East Activity Room; 668 Cummings Road, Wautoma
  • Contact: Sister Joyann Repp - (920) 924-4660

 


Child Loss Support Group

This group is for parents who have lost a child of any age.

  • When: First & third Thursday of each month from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Fond du Lac Regional Clinic West, 912 S. Hickory Street, Fond du Lac (Use the Grief Relief entrance facing Pioneer Road).
  • Contact: Staci Salzmann - (920) 907-3926

 

Resolve Through Sharing Support Group

This group is for parents, grandparents, and other adult family members who are grieving the loss of a child through miscarriage, stillbirth, or neonatal death.

  • When: Third Monday of each month at 7 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital, Fitness Center Meeting Room, Lower Level (across from St. Agnes Employees Credit Union); 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Chaplain John Fuchs - (920) 926-4851

 


Suicide Support Group

This group is for anyone who has lost a loved one to suicide.

  • When: First and third Wednesday of each month from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Fond du Lac Regional Clinic West, 912 S. Hickory Street, Fond du Lac (Use the Grief Relief entrance facing Pioneer Road).
  • Contact: Staci Salzmann at (920) 907-3926

 

Spouse/Partner Grief Support Group

This group is for anyone who has lost their spouse or partner.

  • When: Second and fourth Wednesday of each month from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Fond du Lac Regional Clniic West, 912 S. Hickory Street, Fond du Lac (Use the Grief Relief entrance facing Pioneer Road).
  • Contact: Dawn Rehrauer - (920) 907-3925

 


Closed Groups

Registration is required for closed groups.  Attendees will be the same each week.

 

Adult Grief Support Group

  • When: Every Tuesday from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. for eight weeks
  • Where:  Agnesian HealthCare, Plaza Level Private Dining Room, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact:  Agnesian HealthCare Journeys: a health resource center at (920) 926-4961 for dates and registration.

 

For information (dates and times) on grief support groups for children, please contact Journey's: a health resource center at (920) 926-4960.

For more information on any of our grief support groups, please call Bereavement Care Services at (920) 924-4660.

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Brain Injury Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: First Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Finance Meeting Room; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Shirley Speier - (920) 926-5648

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Breast Cancer Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Third Tuesday of each month, except July & December from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Fitness Center Conference Room; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Kay Groeschl or Lisa Michels - (920) 926-4116

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Breastfeeding Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Second Wednesday of each month from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. or Fourth Wednesday of each month from 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  • Where: Call for Details
  • Contact: SAH Lactation Consultants - (920) 926-4837 or  Women & Infants Unit - (920) 926-4800

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Cancer Support Group

Ripon Medical Center

  • When: Call for more information.
  • Where: Ripon Medical Center; 933 Newbury Street, Ripon
  • Contact: Linda Powell - (920) 748-9134


St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Second Wednesday of each month from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Journey's: A Health Resource Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Kristie Martin - (920) 926-4103

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Cardiac Support Group

Ripon Medical Center (Healing Hearts)

  • When: Third Tuesday of each month with the exception of June, July & August at 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: Ripon Medical Center: Green Lake Room; 933 Newbury Street, Ripon
  • Contact: Lacey Bruce - (920) 748-9174


St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Monthly with the exception of July & August from 11:30 to 1 p.m. (complimentary lunch at 11:30 - Meeting begins at noon).  Days subject to change, call for schedule details.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Journey's: A Health Resource Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Terri St. Lawrence - (920) 926-4961

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Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)

Peer led support & education group for people with depression or bipolar.

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Every Monday from 7 to 8:30 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: 6th Floor Meeting Room; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Larry Berg - (920) 979-3435

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Diabetes Insulin Pump Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Second Tuesday in January, March, May, July, September and November from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: 5-West Conference Room; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Diabetes Services (920) 924-4661

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Diabetes Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: First Monday in September, November, January, March and May from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital 6th Floor Conference Room, 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Laura Seefeld - (920) 924-4661


Ripon Medical Center

  • When: First Monday in October, December, February and April from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m.
  • Where: Ripon Medical Center Green Lake Room, 933 Newbury Street, Ripon 
  • Contact: Laura Seefeld - (920) 924-4661

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Dialysis Support Group

Fond du Lac Dialysis Center

  • When: Every Wednesday in March, June and September at 4 p.m.
  • Where: Fond du Lac Dialysis Center; 101 S. Pioneer Road, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Diane Posthuma - (920) 324-6515


Waupun Dialysis Center

  • When: Every Wednesday in March, June and September at 4 p.m.
  • Where: Waupun Dialysis Center; 10 Beaver Dam Street, Waupun
  • Contact: Diane Posthuma - (920) 324-6515

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Domestic Violence Support Group

Shine is a support group for women who have been abused physically, sexually, verbally and emotionally, or who are currently involved in a domestic violence relationship.

St. Agnes Hospital (Shine)

  • When: Every Thursday from 5 to 6:30 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Fifth floor Diagnostic & Treatment Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Domestic Violence Program - (920) 926-4372

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Family Addiction Educational Program

Applying a family-systems perspective to increase family and friends understanding of addiction and recovery.

  • Designed with One Goal in Mind...To recognize and become aware of distorted beliefs and experiences that shape behaviors, participants will identify new healthy ways of coping with the progressive nature of the disease.
  • 2013 start dates include: Tuesdays, February 19, April 9, June 4, July 16, September 10 and October 19. Classes are scheduled from 4:30 to 6 p.m. in St. Agnes Hospital's Outpatient Behavioral Health Services Department (Diagnostic & Treatment Center, fifth floor).
  • Cost is $40 per person for each four-week program. For more information or to register, call (920) 926-4388 or (920) 926-4387.


Cash payment is required prior to attending the first group session. Payments can be made at the St. Agnes Hospital Cashiers Office (located on the first floor of the Fond du Lac Regional Clinic, behind clinic registration), Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. 


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Look Good...Feel Better

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Third Tuesday of every other month starting in January from 5:30 to 7 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Journey's: A Health Resource Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Journey's: A Health Resource Center - (920) 926-4960

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Multiple Sclerosis Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Call for dates and times
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Nancy Thompson - (920) 926-4213

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Ostomy Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Quarterly on the following dates and times: Second Wednesday in February, May, July and October from 2 to 3:30 p.m. or 6:30 to 8 p.m.
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Journey's: A Health Resource Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Journey's: A Health Resource Center - (920) 926-4960

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Sleep Apnea Support Group

St. Agnes Hospital

  • When: Quarterly (Call for dates)
  • Where: St. Agnes Hospital: Journey's: A Health Resource Center; 430 E. Division Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: Journey's: A Health Resource Center - (920) 926-4960

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Suicide Support Group

Grief Relief

  • When: First and third Wednesday of every month from 6 to 7:30 p.m. 
  • Where: 912 South Hickory Street, Fond du Lac
  • Contact: (920) 960-9218

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