Where to Find Support
You should know that there is support out there. The following resources are a good starting point for learning more about this condition and how it can be managed. Detailed descriptions of these organizations are provided to help you locate the resources that most interest you.
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National Family Caregivers Association (NFCA)
The National Family Caregivers Association supports, empowers, educates, and speaks up for the more than 50 million Americans who care for a chronically ill, aged, or disabled loved one. NFCA reaches across the boundaries of different diagnoses, different relationships, and different life stages to address the common needs and concerns of all family caregivers.
Mission: Committed to improving the overall quality of life of caregiving families and minimizing the disparities between family caregivers and noncaregivers.
American Pain Foundation (APF)
Founded in 1997, the American Pain Foundation is an independent nonprofit 501(c)3 organization serving people with pain through information, advocacy, and support.
Mission: To improve the quality of life of people with pain by raising public awareness, providing practical information, promoting research, and advocating to remove barriers and increase access to effective pain management.
The Neuropathy Association®
The Neuropathy Association® is a public, charitable, nonprofit organization that was established in 1995 by people with neuropathy and their families or friends to help those who suffer from disorders that affect the peripheral nerves. We are fast approaching a membership of 100,000, and we have more than 250 support groups throughout the United Stated serving patients.
American Chronic Pain Association (ACPA)
The American Chronic Pain Association was founded in 1980 by Penney Cowan in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania . After many years of living with chronic pain, Penney had taken part in the pain management program at the Cleveland Clinic and was eager to maintain the skills she had learned there when she returned to her daily life. Penney placed a notice in her church bulletin and soon found others whose lives were compromised by ongoing pain. They began meeting as the first ACPA support group. This one small group quickly became many. Unable to be personally involved with every group, Penney developed the first of the ACPA's manuals and other materials so that others could learn and maintain the skills that had been so important in her recovery
Today several hundred ACPA support groups meet across the US and in Canada , Great Britain , and many other countries. The ACPA's unique materials are a primary resource for individuals seeking to improve the quality of their lives and for the professionals who help them.
