Peer Support

The Post Polio Support Group is here to support you.

Social Supports Groups
Social Support Meetings
Telephone Support
Website
Other Social Support

Polio Survivors help each other to cope with the challenges presented by the condition. We can put you in touch with other Polio Survivors through local social support meetings, area meetings, annual general meetings, as well as seminars, conferences and other events. Contact within the Group membership is consistent and comprehensive. While the Group will always respect the right of any Polio Survivor to anonymity and it does not discriminate between members and non-members. It does recognise that those who are full members of the Group are better informed and thus better enabled to access the necessary supports, including peer supports. Talking to another Polio Survivor who has been through what you are going through can help you. Learn from the experience of others to cope better with your condition.

Social Support Groups

Social isolation is a problem for certain Polio Survivors because of their aging profile, depopulation in certain rural areas and stresses on the community fabric generally. The real test for the Group is to set up linkages within the more than 4,000 Polio Survivors expected to develop the Late Effects of Polio so that no one feels isolated and alone and that each can talk to friends who understand the condition. Social Support Groups provide a friendly environment and a structure within which Polio Survivors can meet and take part in activities to help manage their conditions. Organising outings and social functions are an important part of the activity of the Group.

Social Support Meetings

Regular meetings are held in some areas at which Polio Survivors can get together. This can provide a focus for sharing information on the Late Effects of Polio, often with the help of specialist practitioners who frequently attend the meetings by arrangement. If there is not a social support meeting near you and you have ideas for meeting with other Polio Survivors please let us know by telephone at 01 889 8920 or E-mail info@ppsg.ie.

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Telephone Support

The Vodafone Ireland Foundation has worked with the Post Polio Support Group to set up a pilot project for telephone support between Polio Survivors. This project is aimed primarily at those survivors who have difficulty in attending social support meetings for a variety of reasons. This has worked very well creating new avenues for contact and the Group is developing this work further.

Website

The Post Polio Support Group website can be developed as a social support contact point for Polio Survivors. Please let us know if you would like to use the site in this way. Please email info@ppsg.ie.

Other Social Support

The Post Polio Support Group continues to examine new ways of supporting Polio Survivors to help them play a full part in the work of the Group, helping other Polio Survivors and meanwhile playing a full part in the lives of family and community. The office in Dublin provides opportunities for social support developments as a small meeting room can be made available for activities. Contact info@ppsg.ie for details