St. Anthony Hospital (100)


St. Anthony Hospital is a Level I Trauma Center in Lakewood, Colorado, providing a full range of medical specialties and health care services to Denver and the surrounding metro areas at our state-of-the-art medical campus. At St. Anthony Hospital, you can be confident in our expertise in heart and vascular, stroke, trauma, neurosciences, breast imaging, cancer, da Vinci Surgery and more.

We would love to have you become a part of our Trauma Survivors Network!  We offer a patient and family support group, a helpful patient and family handbook, online trauma recovery classes (NextSteps), and lots of other great resources through this program.  Please feel free to contact us for more information–or just go ahead and register today by clicking “Join TSN” at the top of this page! 

TSN Coordinator

Danielle Bleifeld
Email Coordinator

Address 
11600 W 2nd Place 
Lakewood, Colorado, 80228

Telephone 
work: 720-321-0605

Website(s)St. Anthony Hospital Website

Donations 
To give back and support future patients at St Anthony Hospital, please contact the St. Anthony Health Foundation.

Upcoming Programs & Events

May is Trauma Awareness Month!

May 2025 – The entire month of May is focused on raising awareness for trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here .

National Trauma Survivors Day!

May 21, 2025 – The 3rd Wednesday in May is National Trauma Survivors Day! We celebrate together the strength and resiliency of trauma survivors, their family/friends, and the trauma professionals who go above and beyond every day. Learn more here.

NextSteps Online

Ongoing – The NextSteps program is a free 6-week self management course designed to recognize that YOU play the most important role in your recovery. based on the principles of self-management. It uses techniques that have been scientifically proven to increase one’s self confidence and sense of empowerment. NextSteps teaches you the skills to become an active self manager of your health and your life. Learn more here.

Support Groups

 The American Trauma Society offers online Support Groups for patients and families, learn more here: Support Groups – TSN 2024

 

Community Resources

Jefferson County

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) 

Colorado Crisis Services 24/7 Emergency Phone Line

National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)

  • The Colorado chapter of the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) offers connections to many different resources for managing mental illness, from depression to PTSD. Search for support groups, find therapists, learn about living with mental illness, and connect in online forums. https://www.namijeffco.org/

Peaceworks & Mountain Peace Shelter

  • The PeaceWorks organization owns and operates Mountain Peace Shelter (MPS), a temporary secure and confidential place for individuals, families and pets that are experiencing Intimate Partner Violence (IPV). If you are in need of emergency shelter due to intimate partner violence or sexual assault, please call our 24 Hour Crisis Hotline at 303-838-8181 to speak with a confidential advocate. Peaceworks Administrative Office 30403 Kings Valley Drive, Suite 210 E Conifer, CO 80403 PeaceWorks Inc – Safe Homes, Safe Relationships – Bailey, CO
Brain Injury Alliance of Colorado
  • Resource Navigation is for survivors, family members, and caregivers (adults and children) –Directory of support groups and classes available throughout Colorado. –Educational materials –Provider directory –Recreational programs
  • https://biacolorado.org/
  • 303.355.9969, toll-free 1.800.955.2443 

Find a Licensed Therapist–Online Search

Maria Droste Counseling Center

  • Counseling & mental health services with sliding scale cost based on the patient’s ability to pay. Services include: –addiction counseling –chronic and long-term illness –Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing (EMDR) –Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder –Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) –Family & relationship counseling –grief counseling –Survivors Mental Health Program (SMHP) for survivors of violence
  • http://www.mariadroste.org/
 
Senior’s Resource Center

Colorado Housing Connects

Jefferson County Housing Authority

Catholic Charities of Denver 

Jefferson Unitarian Church

Red Rocks Church

Community Table (Community Food Bank)

  • 8555 W 57th Ave Arvada, CO 80002 Phone: 303-424-6685
  • Home – Community Table
  • Assistance with food and other resources

Child Care Assistance Program (CCAP)

Colorado Legal Services

Mountain Resource Center (Conifer, CO)

  • MRC offers a wide variety of helpful services to the greater Conifer, CO area, including basic needs, food pantry, family education, healthy living, public benefits program assistance, veterans support services, workforce program, and referrals to other helpful resource partners. https://www.mrcco.org/

Amputee Resources

Less Leg More Heart 

The Limb Preservation Foundation 

  • The Limb Preservation Foundation has provided financial assistance for living expenses to people facing financial challenges while undergoing treatment for a limb-threatening condition. https://limbpreservation.org/financial-support/

Heather Abbott Foundation 

The Barr Foundation 

  • This fund pays for materials and fitting of a new prosthesis after the prosthetist has established that there are no other sources of funding available. The Barr Foundation also accepts monetary, used and new prosthetic devices and components, and will acknowledge all donations with our federal non profit federal tax identification number for your tax purposes. Please call or e-mail the Barr Foundation for further information. https://www.barrfoundation.org

The Challenged Athletes Foundation

  • The Challenged Athletes Foundation assists people with physical disabilities in pursuing active lifestyles through physical fitness and competitive athletics. https://www.challengedathletes.org/

The Given Limb Foundation 

  • The Given Limb Foundation is dedicated to improving the lives of individuals with amputations or diminished use of their limbs. We aim to support programs, adaptive accommodations, and outreach for those who are facing or have had limb amputations or diminished use of their limbs, particularly our wounded military. https://givenlimb.org/

Limbs for Life Foundation 

  • Limbs for Life Foundation is a global nonprofit organization dedicated to providing fully-functional prosthetic care for individuals who cannot otherwise afford it and raising awareness of the challenges facing amputees. http://limbsforlife.org/

Colorado Discover Ability

  • Colorado Discover Ability is a non-profit that helps create outdoor adaptive recreational activities in Western Colorado (includes adaptive skiing). https://cdagj.org/ 

Grants for Amputees

Camps, symposiums, and events for amputees:

  • Scarlett’s Way is a non-profit based out of Western Colorado for kids with fibular hemimelia and vets with limb loss.  https://nolimitssw.org
  • The Limb Preservation Foundation Annual Symposium – https://limbpreservation.org/symposium/ This is a 1-day event in Denver that covers topics from surgeons, mental health providers, other amputees, and prosthetic providers to help educate and empower folks living with limb loss or facing potential limb loss. There are scholarships that you can apply for through the website.
  • Empower Fest – Empower Fest is a 3-day program put on by Hangar Clinic and is a program for amputees of any type. The festival moves around each year. Hangar offers several clinics as well as an outdoor recreation day where amputees can participate in different activities such as testing a running blade with prosthetists available for fitting, mobility courses.  Empower Fest is a great opportunity to try some new outdoor recreation and learn about new prosthetic technology that is out there. It was also a great opportunity to meet amputees and share advice on different activities. Scholarships are available if cost is a concern. Flagship Patient Events | Hanger Clinic
  • Amputee Coalition National Conference – https://www.amputee-coalition.org/events-programs/national-conference/ This is a national conference that is out of various cities in the US. They have vendors, speakers, adaptive exercise clinics, and more. 
  • National Ability Center: https://discovernac.org/programs/ Located in Park City. Offers a wide variety of outdoor adaptive programs, most notably their winter ski program. Winter activities: Nordic skiing (Cross country skiing), Downhill ski/snowboard, snowshoe. They have a summer rafting program out of Moab as well. Other programs are wake surfing, mountain biking, indoor rock climbing, equestrian programs, a rope challenge course, paddle sports, fat tire biking, adaptive cycling, sled hockey, and archery. The Ability Center also offers several camps and seminars each year that cover different activities and disabilities. Scholarships are available if cost is a concern for these activities.