Community
Resource Guide
Created
by the West Georgia Health System patient education team
and the marketing department, this community resource guide
is designed to enlighten patients, family and staff of the
numerous services that are available to meet a variety of
needs. Created
by the West Georgia Health System patient education team
and the marketing department, this community resource guide
is designed to enlighten patients, family and staff of the
numerous services that are available to meet a variety of
needs. Within
this guide, you will find information
on support groups, national organizations,
community resources, and West Georgia
Health System's community resources.
For
further questions or concerns, please contact
West Georgia Health System's Patient Education
Coordinator at (706) 845-3866.
Community
Services
American
Red Cross: 1-866-724-3577
ARK Refuge Ministry: (706) 845-0335
Child
Abuse Hotline: (800) 422-4453
Community
Action for Improvement: (706)
882-6412
Dept
of Family and Children's Services: (706)
298-7100
GA
Dept of Labor: (706) 845-4000
Harmony
House/Battered Women/Domestic Violence Hotline: (706)
885-1525
LaGrange
Personal Aid: (706) 882-9291
LaGrange
Service Center: (706) 882-6412
Salvation
Army: (706) 845-0197
Social
Security Administration: (706) 885-1650, (706)
883-8093
Hearing
impaired: TTY- (800) 325-0778
Medicare
info: (800) 772-1213
St.
Vincent De Paul Society: (706) 884-0076
Troup
Transit: (706) 883-1673
United
Way: (706) 884-8292
Veteran's
Services: (800) 827-1000
GA
Dept of Veteran's Services: (706)
845-4095
Vocational
Rehab: (706) 298-7270
West
Point, GA Social Services: (706)
643-4561
Soup Kitchens
First Methodist Church: (706) 884-4635
First Baptist Church: (706) 884-5631
First Presbyterian Church: (706) 884-4064
Lunch Schedule:
Mondays: First Methodist Church 11:30-12:00
Tuesdays:
First Baptist Church 11:15-12:15
Wednesdays:
First Methodist Church 11:30-12:00
Thursdays:
First Presbyterian Church 12-1 p.m.
Community
Resources/Clinics
Pregnancy
Care Clinic: (706) 884-3833
Troup
County Health Dept: (706) 845-4085
Dorothy
Bush Burr Street Clinic: (706) 845-4093
Community
Blood Pressure Clinic-Wed/Thurs: Hogansville: (706)
637-4834, LaGrange:
(706) 845-4085
The
Spot (for teens): (706) 845-4409
West
Point: (706) 643-1111
Troup
County Mental Health: (706) 845-4054
Pathways
Mental Health Center: (706) 845-4054
Twin
Cedars Youth Service: (706) 298-0050
West Georgia Health System: (706) 882-1411
Cardiac
Rehab Clinic: (706) 845-3563
Community
Service Clinic: (706) 845-3788
Faress
House: (706)-298-2159
Social
Services: (706) 845-3326
West
Georgia Dialysis: (706) 845-3728
West
Georgia Home Care: (706) 845-3291
West
Georgia Hospice: (706) 845-3905
Senior
Citizen Programs
Area
Agency on Aging: (706) 675-6721
Florence
Hand Home, Adult Day Care: (706) 845-3256 Daily (M-F)
Troup
County Senior Center: Hogansville: (706) 637-6606
(information on meals-on-wheels) LaGrange: (706) 883-1681
Twin Fountains: (706)
845-2850
CareLink
AmeriCorps: (706) 812-2449
Faith
in Action transportation program: (706) 812-2460
Lifeline: (706)
882-0784
Senior
Companion/Foster Grandparents: (706) 845-3220 Senior
Shopper: (706) 812-2449
Health
Screenings:
Available
at WGHS:
Must call to schedule an appointment: (706)-845-3000.
Mammography: Saturdays
throughout October, 8:30am-4pm, Enoch Callaway Cancer Clinic-Screening
mammograms only, no diagnostic mammograms. $50 cash (No insurance
/ Medicare / Medicaid will be filed)
Prostate
Cancer Screening: Offered on specific days in September.
Available
at the Troup County Health Department:
Call 706-845-4085
to see if you meet eligibility requirements for the following
health screenings:
Blood
Pressure Clinic
Breast
Exam
Child
Health
Communicable
Disease Exams
Family
Planning
Pap
Smear
Tuberculosis
Testing
Support
Groups
Alzheimer's
Support Group: First Tuesday,12:30 p.m. at the Florence
Hand Home library, Call (706) 812-2468.
Bereavement
Support Group: Every Wednesday at 11 a.m. at Hospice
LaGrange. Call (706) 845-3905.
Camp
Dogwood: Annual bereavement camp for children.
Ages 6-16. Call (706) 845-3905.
Mother/Baby Breastfeeding Support Group: Call
(706) 812-2465 for time and location
Prenatal Breastfeeding Class: Call (706) 812-2465
National
Organizations
AIDS
- Haven of Hope: (404) 816-4994,
(706) 812-1430
American Cancer Society: (800) 227-2345
Look Good, Feel Better - ACS Program that helps women cope with
skin changes and hair loss through cosmetics (800) 395-LOOK
Reach
to Recovery- support for women with breast cancer
Road to Recovery-transportation assistance for cancer treatment
to and from chemo or radiation. Call
(706) 845-3753.
American Council of the Blind: (800) 424-8666
American Diabetes Association: (800) 342-2383
American Dietetics Association: (800) 366-1655
American Heart Association: (800) 242-8721
American Liver Foundation: (800) 223-0179
American Lung Association: (800) 586-4872
American Red Cross: (706) 884-5818
American Stroke Association: (888) 478-7653
Arthritis Foundation: (800) 933-0032
Crohns & Colitis Foundation of America, Inc: (800) 932-2423
Georgia AIDS Info Line: (800) 551-2728
Georgia Poison Control: (800) 222-1222
Hepatitis Foundation International: (800) 891-0707
Lupus Foundation of America: (800) 558-0121
National ALS Association: (800) 782-4747
National Amputation Foundation Inc: (516) 887-3600
National Digetive Diseases Information Clearing
House: (301) 654-3810
National Kidney Foundation of Georgia: (800) 633-2339
National Parkinson Foundation Inc: (800) 327-4545
Salvation Army: (706) 845-0197
United Ostomy Association: (800) 826-0826
Veteran's Services: (800) 827-1000
The
classes, support groups, programs, and fees in this resource
guide may change without notice. Please
call the telephone number listed to register and verify dates,
times, and fees.
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