Widowed Persons Outreach (WPO) is a free community service and 501(c)3 that has been providing bereavement support to newly widowed persons in our community since 1992. While Sibley is not an affiliate of WPO, Sibley is a co-founder and has been a sponsor of WPO since its inception. WPO is a volunteer-led and run organization, men and women who have been widowed themselves, and are now helping newly widowed people through their grief in a variety of ways, including one-on-one help, support groups, social activities, educational events and a bimonthly newsletter.

WPO now holds grief and loss support meetings via zoom, adding some in-person social activities for those who feel ready to participate. 

For information, call the WPO office at 202-537-4942. Please leave a message on the voice mail system and a volunteer will return your call.

This support group is for persons who are caring for someone who needs assistance. It may simply be the challenges of aging or chronic illness, such as Alzheimer’s or other forms of dementia, cancer, Parkinson’s disease or even because of mental health issues. You are also welcome if your loved one is long distance or in a care community.

Group leader: Marisela Bolanos, MSW, CDP, CMDCP. This group meets regularly during the month via Zoom.

Registration is required. Please email Marisela Bolanos at [email protected] or call 202-660-5604 for more information and to register.

This group enables participants to explore ways to transform the variety of difficulties we experience as we age into a vehicle for change. When we retire, incur health problems, lose a partner, friend, relocate or adapt to new roles in life, we can feel unsettled. Yet these changes are actually the means by which we find new meaning and purpose in our lives. This group meets on the second and fourth Wednesdays of the month via Zoom. Participants attend on a regular basis as this is not a drop in. The group leader Lobsang Damchoe, a retired physician, will contact new registrants before joining the group.

Register at smh.memberclicks.net/2026notalonessa, email [email protected], or call 202-364-7602.

Living alone presents its own opportunities and issues, whether the reason is by choice or through loss. Sharing and discussing experiences often provides real value to those living alone. This is a discussion group, not a bereavement group. Please join us. Your ideas and needs count.

Learn more about this group.

For information about Lyme disease and other events, offerings and support resources including Zoom meeting groups, please call the National Capital Lyme Disease Association at 703-821-8833 or visit natcaplyme.org.

For those living with Parkinson’s disease and other movement disorders, their care partners and family members.

Group leader: Jihan Starr

Call 202-660-6822 or email [email protected] for more information or to register.

CurePSP is the leading nonprofit organization working to improve awareness, education, care and cure for devastating prime-of-life neurodegenerative diseases. These include progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), corticobasal degeneration (CBD), multiple system atrophy (MSA) and others. CurePSP offers many virtual support groups for individuals, care partners and family members diagnosed with PSP, CBD and MSA. Support groups help provide emotional and practical support to those diagnosed and their loved ones, and reduce the sense of isolation associated with these rare brain diseases. Metro DC Support Group for PSP/MSA/CBD patients and caregivers meets every 3rd Saturday of the month on Zoom from 2 to 4 p.m.

Please contact Kristen Weidner at [email protected] to register or visit www.curepsp.org/ineedsupport to view CurePSP’s virtual support group offerings.

The Stroke Support Group offers survivors, their caregivers and other family members a chance to share concerns and support each other. Professionals from various disciplines provide advice, resources and timely updates and information about post stroke recovery in an informal setting. The Stroke Support Group meets every Wednesday at 1 p.m. over Zoom.

For more information, please contact Amy Chew, Group Leader at [email protected] or Katie Foster, Sibley Stroke Coordinator at 202-660-5878.