TENNESSEE BRAIN INJURY SUPPORT GROUPS: Brain Injury Association of Tennessee; Nashville, TN 615.248.2541

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Brain Injury Support Groups: Tennessee

Chattanooga Area

Contact: Phone: (423) 634-1572 E-mail: ChattanoogaBrainInjury@gmail.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Chattanooga - Evening group	Siskin Rehab Hospital	4^th Monday	6:00 – 7:30
Chattanooga – Day group	Siskin Rehab Hospital	4^th Thursday	10 – 11: 30 am
Chattanooga - Young adult	Siskin Rehab Hospital (or announced location)	3^rd Tuesday	6:00 – 7:30
Cleveland	Wesley United Methodist Church	3^rd Monday	6:00 – 7:30
Fort Oglethorpe, GA	Patterson Place	2^nd Tuesday	6:00 -7:30

Clarksville area

Contact: Phone: (615) 248-2541 E-mail: Director@BrainInjuryTN.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Clarksville	Montgomery County Public Library	3^rd Tuesday	6:00-7:30
Fort Campbell- Wounded Warriors	Ft. Campbell’s Fisher House (group limited to military personnel and their family members)	3^rd Thursday	12:00-2:00
Fort Campbell- Spouses of Wounded Warriors	Ft. Campbell’s Fisher House (group limited to spouses of wounded soldiers)	3^rd Thursday	1:00-2:00

Cookeville

Contact: Rick Hall Phone: (931) 372-8900 E-mail: Harlanhall@yahoo.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Cookeville	Cookeville Regional Medical Center, Education Center	4^th Thursday	6:30

Jackson

Contact: Laura Mills Phone: (731) 541-4941 E-mail: Laura.Mills@wth.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Jackson	Jackson Madison County, General Hospital	2^nd Tuesday

Johnson City

Contact: Fredda Roberts Phone: (423) 257-3644 E-mail: Fredda@Crumleyhouse.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Johnson City	James Quillen Rehab	2^nd Thursday	6:30

Knoxville

Contact: Patty Cruze Phone: (865) 541-1499 E-mail: PCruze@CovHlth.com

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Knoxville	Patricia Neal Rehab Center	1^st Monday	7:00

Lewisburg

Contact: Brent Lokey Phone: (931) 684-5222 E-mail: Firstmost@bellsouth.net

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Lewisburg	NHC Healthcare	3^rd Monday	6:00 - 7:30

Memphis

Contact: Carolyn Chambers Phone: (901) 545-8487 E-mail: CChambers@the-med.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Memphis – Community	Benjamin Hooks Central Library	4^th Tuesday	6:00-7:30
Memphis – Trauma	Regional Medical Center	Monday	a.m.
Memphis – Trauma	Regional Medical Center	Wednesday	a.m.
Memphis - Pediatric	Varied (Le Bonheur and other sites)	Varied	a.m.
Memphis – College & Career	Varied (meets at Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library and local universities)	Varied	Evenings
Memphis – Military	Varied (meets at the Veterans Administration Medical Center #614)	Varied

Murfreesboro

Contact: Brent Lokey Phone: (931) 684-5222 E-mail: Firstmost@bellsouth.net

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Murfreesboro	NHC Murfreesboro	4^th Thursday	6:00 - 7:30

Nashville area

Contact: Phone: (615) 248-2541 E-mail: Director@BrainInjuryTN.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Nashville	Vanderbilt Bill Wilkerson Center’s Pi Beta Phi	1^st Tuesday	6:00-7:30
Madison	Skyline Madison Campus	3^rd Monday	6:00-7:30
Teens w/TBI	Varied (recreational group- meets on site for activities)	Varied	Evenings

Smyrna

Contact: Phone: (615) 248-2541 E-mail: Director@BrainInjuryTN.org

Support Group	Location	Date	Time
Smyrna Military and Community Resource Support Group	Tennessee Rehabilitation Center	2^ndTuesday	6:00-7:30

It's certainly not easy to be the caregiver for someone with a serious brain injury.
Depression, sense of loss and frustration are likely consequences.
This informative interview explores strategies to avoid isolation and anger,
and points the way toward resources to make the job easier.
Series: Coping with Brain Injury [Health and Medicine]

Coping with Brain Injury: Caregiving Strategies

(if you can not see this video, please view it here on YouTube.com)