The American Heart Association provides education, advocacy, and research initiatives focused on preventing and treating cardiovascular disease and stroke.

Services include:

• Public education on heart disease, stroke, and healthy living
• Community programs promoting physical activity, nutrition, and heart health
• Advocacy for heart-healthy public policy and healthcare access
• Support for research on cardiovascular disease and stroke prevention

Web pages 

• Home - https://www.heart.org/en/affiliates/california/sacramento

Breathe California of Sacramento-Emigrant Trails provides education, advocacy, and research support to improve lung health and air quality.

Services include:

• Public education about the health impacts of air pollution
• Youth-focused programs promoting lung health and tobacco prevention
• Policy advocacy to improve air quality standards
• Community partnerships and research support related to clean air

Web pages

• Home - https://sacbreathe.org/

FREED provides support for individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) to reintegrate into the community, attend a weekly support group, receive supported living services, vocational services, or other independent living services.


Web pages

• Home - https://freed.org/
• Traumatic Brain Injury program - https://freed.org/services/independent-living/traumatic-brain-injury/
• Contact - https://freed.org/contact/

This resource is eligible for electronic referral.

Foothills Compassionate Care provides bereavement and community Services for comfort, support, and education to those who have experienced the loss of a loved one, including loved ones lost to suicide. Grief support services are available to anyone in the community.

Web pages

• Home - https://foothills-cares.org/
• Bereavement/grief support - https://foothills-cares.org/grief-support/

NAMI Nevada County (National Alliance for Mental Illness) offers a free 8 week educational program that helps family members and friends understand mental illness symptoms, basics of brain biology, problem solving, medications, empathy, communication skills, self-care, rehabilitation, fighting stigma, and advocacy.

Course offered twice a year. Contact NAMI for dates.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.naminevadacounty.org/home-1
  
  
  
  

In addition to specific resources noted below, people may find support for attending to grief and loss from the following:

• Spiritual or cultural affiliations you may already have (including Native American or other Indigenous traditions; religious traditions such as Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism)
• Clergy; Chaplains (may be affiliated with hospitals, hospice, law enforcement agencies, etc)
• Hospices & hospitals
• Psychotherapists & counselors
• Recommendations and resources from family and friends 

RESOURCES

• Bereaved Parents of the USA - www.bereavedparentsusa.org. Find local chapters and other resources.
• Compassionate Friends – www.thecompassionatefriends.org. A self-help organization for bereaved families that have experienced the death of a child. Find local chapters and other resources.
• County of Placer District Attorney’s Office - https://www.placer.ca.gov/8704/Grief. Includes list of books addressing grief in general, and for specific kinds of losses; sup…

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The Healing Through Loss & Grief support group provides anyone who has experienced a significant emotional loss with an opportunity to meet with other grievers in a safe, caring, and supportive environment. The goal is to assist each other in the healing through grief process. Features weekly meetings and assignments.

Offered twice a year, usually in January and August, sessions are 13 weeks. The first two weeks are open to anyone, then the group is closed for the remaining weeks for those who wish to continue the process. It's best to attend all sessions, but one or two absences because of another commitment would be fine.

For more information contact Maureen Gerecke at FREED 530-477-3333 or maureen@freed.org.


Web pages

• Grief Group -
  https://freed.org/services/peer-support/grief-group/
• Healing Through Loss & Grief - https://lossandgrief.org/

This resource is eligible for electronic referral.

The Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital Foundation raises money and provides volunteers to support the many activities of Sierra Nevada Memorial Hospital. The Foundation offers outreach programs, community education, and support for acquiring and updating hospital equipment and facilities.

Foundation programs include

• Alzheimer's Outreach Program (AOP) - The program helps support anyone with a memory impairment (Alzheimer's disease or any other dementia), and/ or their caregiver/s. https://supportsierranevada.org/aop
• Falls Prevention Coalition - Offers information about how to assess home and other environments for things that might be risks for causing falls, such as area rugs on slippery floors and power cords across walking areas. https://supportsierranevada.org/fallspreventioncoalition
• Cancer Support Groups - https://supportsierranevada.org/cancersupportgroups
• Social Outreach Program - Supports and promotes the mental health of isolated seniors and adults with d…

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Depression Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA) Auburn-Grass Valley offers a support group to people living with depression, bipolar disorders, or anxiety disorders. Attendees come together to learn from one another as they work towards wellness.

Online Meetings

• Zoom platform every Thursday from 6:00 - 7:30 pm

If you would like to participate or would like more information, you can contact Linda at 530-913-0764 (text or call) or email DBSAAubGV@gmail.com.

Web pages

• Home - https://www.dbsalliance.org/

Geriatric Care Manager Educational Consulting provides pro-bono (or pay forward) education and consulting services for the care of memory impaired elders.

• On-site training and consultations for professionals and family caregivers of memory impaired adults with Alzheimer's disease, related dementia, or movement disorder.
• Trainings for health care professionals and family caregivers in a variety of settings including assisted living facilities, caregiver support groups, and hospice settings.
• Facilitation of a monthly Support Group for Families & Friends of People with Memory Loss at The Peace Lutheran Church (Grass Valley) on the first Wednesday of every month from 1-3 pm.
• Pro bono phone consultations to guide people to appropriate resources.