Support Groups

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• Regional: Asia: Hong Kong: Health: Conditions and Diseases  (18)

GENERATIONS - Colorectal Cancer Registry - - Provides information and help for people affected by colorectal cancer and their families.

Hong Kong Alzheimer's Disease Association - - The association aims to provide services and resources for dementia suffers as well as their families.

Hong Kong Association for Cleft Lip and Palate - - Educates the public about the deformity, fosters mutual support among parents of cleft lip and palate patients, and advocates for improvement to medical services provided to cleft lip and palate patients.

The Hong Kong Bone Marrow Transplant Patients' Association - - The association was established in 1993 by bone marrow transplant patients as a non-profit self-help group.

Hong Kong Eating Disorders Association - - The association was established by old and new sufferers from eating disorders and their families to offer support to people with eating disorders.

Hong Kong Lupus Association - - Support group for patients and families affected by systemic lupus erythematosus.

Hong Kong Neuro-muscular Disease Association - - A self-help non-profit making charitable organisation for people suffering from neuro-muscular disease and their carers.

The Hong Kong Stroke Association - - Stroke patient support group established in 1997.

New Life Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association - - Provides a range of community psychiatric rehabilitation services catering for the residential, vocational and social needs of clients.

Regeneration Society - - A non-profit organisation and recognised charitable body that promotes the prevention of health problems. Also provides an avenue for the public to offer assistance to chronically ill patients.

Retina Hong Kong - - Formed by a group of people suffering from inherited retinal degenerative diseases with the genuine support of some medical practitioners, optometrists, geneticists, scientific researchers and warm-hearted individuals.

The Spastics Association of Hong Kong - - To assist spastics to develop and maintain services for their education and welfare in a holistic manner by adopting the principles of Conductive Education.