Resources

Many local senior centers offer activities, camaraderie and a special place to discuss senior concerns and issues. Churches and other places of worship often offer support or counseling services. The agencies listed below are among the many community resources for assistance with grief an bereavement.

* Arthritis Foundation

(800) 954-CURE

Web site: https://www.arthritis.org

* Scleroderma Foundation

(310) 677-0477

* United Scleroderma Foundation

(310) 393-5647, (800) 722-4673

* National Sjogren’s Syndrome Assn.

Web site:

https://www.sjogrens.org

* Sjogren’s Syndrome Foundation

(818) 346-2804

* Fibromyalgia Network

(800) 853-2929

* American Fibromyalgia Syndrome Assn.

(520) 733-1570

* Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation

(213) 651-3038

* Spondylitis Assn. of America

(818) 981-1616, (800) 777-8189

Web site: https://www.spondylitis.org

* Lupus Foundation of America

(714) 833-2121

Detailed information on lupus is available in the National Institutes of Health’s brochure “Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.”

For a copy, write the National Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases Information Clearinghouse, NIAMS / National Institutes of Health, 1 AMS Circle, Bethesda, MD 20892-3675, or view the National Institutes of Health’s Web site, https://www.nih.gov/niams/healthinfo/slehandout/.