CANANDAIGUA – The regional Stroke Support Group hosted by UR Medicine Thompson Health will meet on Thursday, June 7. The meeting will be held at 1 p.m., via Zoom, and will feature a speaker from the University of Rochester Medical Center.
Board-certified as a psychiatric mental health nurse as well as board-certified in ambulatory care, Abby Mathewson will discuss mental health following a stroke, for both the patient and the family.
Thompson’s monthly support group is open to stroke survivors as well as their loved ones and caregivers. To sign up for the July 7 meeting, email StrokeSupportGroup@urmc.rochester.edu.
F.F. Thompson Hospital is a New York State Department of Health-designated Stroke Center and recipient of the American Heart Association/American Stroke Association’s Get With The Guidelines® Gold Plus Quality Achievement Award. The award recognizes the hospital’s commitment to ensuring stroke patients receive the most appropriate treatment according to nationally accepted, research-based guidelines.