Support Groups
VHS has long history of offering support groups to our community. We currently have support groups in operation in a wide range of areas. These offering are added to on a regular basis, please call (201) 567-0059 for more information.
Sandwich Generation Group
For middle-aged parents who are also the children of elderly parents and other caregivers to the elderly. This group meets monthly at Vantage Health System 2 Park Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628. For more information on this program call Nancy Bortinger at 201-384-7734.
Survivors After Suicide
This support groups is for those who have experienced the loss of loved one through suicide. The group will reduce one's feelings of isolation and shame. Within the group, survivors will learn that the outstretched hand, the emotional sharing, the understanding compassion of members, will help to ease the stresses which suicide places on survivors. The group meets on the first and third Wednesday of each month at Vantage Health System 2 Park Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628. For more information please contact Michele Weinberg at 201-818-7133, or MaryAnn Becker at 973-248-1708.
Family Support Group
This group is for those family members who have been touched by the effects of mental illness. This group offers support, education, and professional advise for those who have mental illness on their families. The group meets on a monthly basis at Vantage Health System 2 Park Avenue, Dumont, NJ 07628For more information on this program call Christine Lidestri at (201) 385-4400 Ext. 3036.
