Help & Education for Liver Patients
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| General Agency Information | |||
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| Name: | Help & Education for Liver Patients | ||
| Alternate Name(s): | HELP! | ||
| Address: | P.O. Box 2028 Santa Cruz, CA 95063-2028 | ||
| Primary Phone: | 831-462-2979 | ||
| Email Address: | help4hcv@yahoo.com | ||
| Website: | myspace.com/help4hcv | ||
| Days/Hours of Operation/Phone: | Anytime (Answering machine available) | ||
| Description: | HELP! provides support, education, and advocacy for anyone affected by liver disease, especially hepatitis C. The Gordons have experienced the progression of hepatitis C from having no symptoms to receiving a liver transplant. They provide patient support, community education, and public awareness through meetings, presentations, counseling, e-mail news (upon request), and other services.
HELP! collaborates with health-care providers; the VA; recovery programs; American Liver Foundation; transplant centers; organ donation proponents; and others with shared concerns. HELP!'s medical advisors include Drs. Emmet Keeffe, Lorenzo Rossaro, and Robert Gish (chiefs of hepatology, respectively, at Stanford, UC Davis, & CPMC) and Dr. Ira Jacobson, Medical Director of the Center for the Study of Hepatitis C. Written materials are available at the 3rd-Monday Education Group on topics including liver health, hepatitis and other liver diseases (including HIV/HCV co-infection), lab tests, treatment, transplantation, and organ donation. AREAS SERVED: Monthly meetings provide information and non-judgmental support in a friendly, comfortable setting for those within travel distance, including Santa Cruz, Monterey, Santa Clara, San Benito, and San Mateo counties. Worldwide access to HELP!s resources is available through the Internet. | ||
| Meetings: | 3rd-MONDAY EDUCATION GROUP for patients, support persons, health-care providers, etc:
Third Monday of every month, 6:30-8:30pm at Santa Cruz Bible Church, 440 Frederick Street, Room WC-10, Santa Cruz. SUPPORT-PERSONS GROUP for family, friends, caregivers(no patients): 2nd Monday (call or e-mail for schedule); 6-8pm at Jeffery's Restaurant, 2050 Soquel Avenue, Santa Cruz. | ||
| Publications: | E-mail news, including meeting notices and quarterly liver-related news links, is available upon request | ||
| Languages other than English: | None | ||
| Accommodations for Disabled: | Parking & Wheelchair Access | ||
| Public Transportation: | Available Within Two Blocks | ||
| Eligibility: | Open to All | ||
| Fees: | Donations Accepted | ||
| Areas Served: | See Description Notes | ||
| Funding Source: | Contributions Donations | ||
| Contact Persons | |||
C.N. Gordon | |||
| Subject Headings | |||
| Advocacy AIDS/HIV Issues Caregiver Support Groups Caregivers Disability Related Support Groups Families/Friends of People with Disabilities Health Education Hepatitis Information and Referral Liver Disease Mutual Support Groups Patient Education Private Nonprofits Public Awareness/Education Speakers/Speakers Bureaus Terminal Illness Voluntary Health Organizations | |||
| This record last modified January 21, 2010 | |||
