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'Living A Healthy Life' Self management Programme
The 'Living A Health Life' Self management Programme helps you to manage your long-term condition more effectively. Courses are open to anyone with a long-term condition, male or female, from 18 to 90. There is no cost for any of the sessions.
On a self management course, you will learn: - How to communicate more effectively with your doctor, other health care professionals, your family and friends.
- Techniques to help you deal with problems such as frustration, anger, depression and other emotional changes brought about by your illness.
- How to take care of your health - such as taking your medicine, exercising, changing your diet
- How to carry out your normal daily activities, household chores, work, social life.
- Techniques to help you manage fatigue and pain.
- How to manage other symptoms, whatever they are.
- Ways to help you relax and eat healthily.
- Appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility and endurance.
- How to plan for the future and get the most out of life
Courses are held locally and run for six weeks with weekly sessions of 2.5 hours. Volunteer Course Leaders are lay people who themselves have a long-term health condition and who have been specially trained.
Read more about training as a Course Leader
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