New MS support group starting in Huntley

Family Alliance Inc. recently announced that it is hosting a new Huntley Multiple Sclerosis Foundation Support Group.

The meetings will take place at 2 p.m. on the fourth Wednesday of the month at the new Family Alliance Comprehensive Care Center, 12555 Farm Hill Drive, Suite 800 in Huntley.

All MS patients and their caregivers are invited to participate.

Join them for informative discussions, guest speakers and social interaction. For information, contact co-facilitators Sue Iwinski at sue.iwinski@gmail.com or Dave Rosenfeld at Drosenff417@comcast.net or (847) 659-7344.

This second facility, which opened in August, will feature services and programs that will enable the nonprofit agency to increase options for health care and well-being for families and adults throughout the region. The nearly 8,000-square-foot site, previously the administrative offices of Del Webb's Sun City-Huntley development, will provide comprehensive, integrated adult and family health care, including a dedicated day room, internal medicine for adults 18 and older, geriatric medicine, behavioral counseling, psychiatry and caregiver support.

Services offered at the Huntley site will replicate the integrated, comprehensive, medical home model for physical and mental health care established at the Woodstock site. Both facilities will feature the services of a primary care doctor with a specialty in geriatric medicine, and a geriatric psychiatrist. The two physicians will be supported by a multidisciplinary team which includes a neuropsychologist, social workers, RNs and LPNs, a physical therapist, counselors, certified nursing assistants and other trained staff.

As a 501(c)3 nonprofit with over 30 years of service in McHenry County, Family Alliance Inc. has made it a goal to provide comprehensive health care services to meet the needs of the growing adult population in the community. It serves McHenry County and the surrounding areas with ever-expanding services and programs aimed at enhancing the quality of life for not only clients, but for their families as well. To learn more, visit www.familyallianceinc.org or www.facebook.com/familyallianceinc. Or follow the agency on Twitter.