New Jersey Support Groups - Traumatic Brain Injury

A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can result from any number of different accidents or traumas. The one thing all individuals suffering from TBI need is support. Fortunately, help is available in New Jersey in the way of support groups.

Conducted by people with experience in dealing with traumatic brain injury, these support groups in New Jersey offer assistance to the patient, their family and caregivers.

To locate a traumatic brain injury support group in New Jersey, check out the listing below.

Brain Injury Association of New Jersey

BIANJ Affiliated Support Groups

Atlantic/Cape May
Bacharach Institute for Rehabilitation
61 W. Jimmie Leeds Road, Pomona, NJ 08240-0723
Contact: Nutan Ravani, 856-589-5797
Meets the 2nd Thursday of each month at 7 p.m.

Bergen
Pascack Valley Hospital
Conference Rooms 1 & 2, Old Hook Road, Westwood, NJ
Contact: Beth Millstein Wish, 845-358-4815 (weekdays)
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Burlington/Camden
Bancroft Rehabilitation Services
Hopkins Lane, Haddonfield, NJ 08033
Contact: Bill Janson, 609-877-8464
Meets the 3rd Monday of each month at 7 p.m.

Burlington/Camden
Marlton Rehabilitation Hospital
92 Brick Road, Marlton, NJ 08053
Contact: Mark Rader, 856-988-4124
Meets the 2nd and 4th Wednesdays of each month at 7 p.m.
Mild/Moderate TBI Support Group

Cumberland
Rehabilitation Hospital of South Jersey
1237 West Sherman Avenue, Vineland, NJ 08360
Contact: Dr. Chris Wolf, 856-696-7100, ext. 224
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Essex
Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation
240 Central Avenue, East Orange, NJ 07018
Contact: Betty Collins, 973-414-4743
Spanish Group Contact: Dr. Juan Arango, 973-324-3558
Meets the last Tuesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Gloucester
Moss Rehab/Drucker Brain Injury Center
135 South Broad Street, Woodbury, NJ 08096
Contact: Cynthia Abbott-Gaffney, 856-853-9900, ext. 102
Meets the 4th Monday of each month at 6 p.m.

Hunterdon/Warren
Warren Hospital/Health Ed. Dept.
185 Roseberry Street, Phillipsburg, NJ 08865
Contact: Evelyn Dart, 908-782-5344 (weekdays)
Meets the 3rd Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Mercer
St. Lawrence Rehabilitation Hospital
2381 Lawrenceville Road, Lawrenceville, NJ 08648
Contact: David Searles, 609-896-9500, ext. 2244
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Middlesex
JFK Johnson Rehab Center for Head Injuries
JFK Hartwyck at Oak Tree, 2048 Oak Tree Rd., Edison, NJ 08820-2012
Contact: David DiPaolo, 732-906-2640 ex. 42885
Meets the 2nd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Monmouth
Dorbrook Park Recreation Area
Route 537, Colts Neck, NJ, 07722
Contact: Peggy DiTommaso, 609-538-8464
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Morris
Kessler Institute for Rehab/Welkind Facility
Pleasant Hill Road, Chester, NJ 07930
Contact: Denise Holderied, 973-252-6375
Meets the 1st Wednesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Ocean
Community Medical Center
99 Highway 37 West, Toms River, NJ 08755
Contacts: Phone: 732-557-8000, Pam Lightfoot, ext. 11547, and Vicky Hardy, ext. 10226
Meets the 3rd Tuesday of each month at 6 p.m.

Ocean and Monmouth
Office Plus at Ideal Plaza
2226 Hwy 9 South, Suite 21, Howell, NJ 07731
Contact: Olivia Williams, 732-408-9666
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m.
A faith-based support group

Passaic
Rehabilitation Specialists
401 Haledon Ave., Haledon, NJ 07508
Family Contact: Cindy Clawson, 973-427-2600, ext. 19
Voices That County (Survivors)
Contact: Heidi Lewis, 973-427-2600, ext. 25
Both groups meet the 4th Thursday of each month at 6 p.m.

Somerset/Hunterdon
Neurobehavioral Institute of NJ
626 North Thompson Street, Raritan, NJ 08876
Contact: Mary Liz McNamara, 908-725-8877
Meets the 3rd Thursday of each month at 6:30 p.m.

Sussex
Redeemer Lutheran Church
37 Newton Sparta Road, Newton, NJ 07860
Contact: Angel McLaughlin, 732-627-9890, ext. 202
Meets the 2nd Wednesday of each month at 8 p.m.
(Business meeting held at 7 p.m.)

Union
Mountainside Rescue Squad
1385 Route 22 East, Mountainside, NJ 07092
Contact: BIANJ Office, 732-738-1002
Meets the 1st Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m.

Unaffiliated Brain Injury Support Groups

Camden City
Camden OEO Office
538 Broadway
Camden, NJ 08103
Contact: Susan Quick, 856-596-2538
Meetings: Every second Tuesday, 3-5 p.m.

Mercer County
Capital Health System Stroke Support Group
Mercer Campus, 446 Bellevue Avenue
Conference Room A
Trenton, NJ
Contact: LouAnn McGinty, RN, MSN, Neuroscience Nurse Coordinator
(609) 394-6000, or
Rev. Berlinda Love, Coordinator
(609) 882-1378 for information/to register.
Meetings: Second Saturday of each month at 10 a.m.
For stroke patients and caretakers.

Hunterdon County
Hunterdon Medical Center
2100 Wescott Drive
Flemington, NJ 08822
Meeting: 2nd Thursday of every month at 7 p.m.
Contact: Gwenn Bartlett-Palmer, 908-238-9714

Middlesex County
Central New Jersey Brain Tumor Support & Resource Center
300 Clinton Ave.
North Plainfield, NJ 07060
Meetings: 1st Thursday of every month from 7-8:30 p.m.
Contact: Patty Anthony, 732-321-7000, ext. 62874

Monmouth and Ocean County
Brain Tumor Support Group
Wall Township Branch of Monmouth County Library
2700 Allaire Road, Wall, NJ 07719
Meetings: First Friday of month 3-4:45 p.m., except in summer.
During summer (July and August) meets second Thursday of month, 7-8:30 p.m.
Contact: Illene and David Lewis, 732-615-9220

South Jersey
Apostles’ Lutheran Church
4401 Black Horse Pike (Route 42)
Turnersville, NJ 08012
(Directions: 609-629-4228)
Contact: Theresa May, 856-629-8487
Meetings: Every Wednesday night
Note: This is a “clubhouse” model group for recreation/networking.

Northeast/Central Jersey
Opportunity Project
90 Millburn Avenue, 2nd Floor
Millburn, NJ 07041
Contact: Bob Marlin, 973-887-0818
Meetings are held one evening a month, from 6:30-8:30 p.m.
Please call for specific meeting dates.
Note: This is a young men’s brain injury support group, ages ranging from 19-49.

Brain Injury Association of America

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