HDSA Center of Excellence at Hennepin County Medical Center

Social Services

What can social services do for the Huntington's Disease patient?

The social services staff provides psychosocial assessments and help patients, family and other caregivers assess needs and connect them with community resources. They provide support to patients and caregivers to help cope with chronic illness and in planning for future needs. The social services staff can provide information to patients, family and caregivers about social security disability, health insurance and multiple community resources. They also assist with health care directive information and other long term planning tasks. 

Meet the staff:

Linda K. Hickman, MSW, LICSW Senior Social Worker Member of the HD Clinic team since 2003 Provide services to HD patients referred from the national and local HDSA office

Contact Information:

Telephone:  612-873-3369
Email:  linda.hickman@hcmed.org

Special Note: We would like to acknowledge and thank the HCMC Service League for providing grant funds to help maintain these web pages.