Living Well Classes

classroom Living Well with Chronic Conditions Self-Management Program is a workshop given two and a half hours, once a week, for six weeks, in community settings such as senior centers, churches, libraries and hospitals. People with different chronic health problems attend together. Workshops are facilitated by two trained leaders, one or both of whom are non-health professionals with a chronic diseases themselves. Workshops are FREE.

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Subjects covered include:

Techniques for frustration, fatigue, pain and isolation
Appropriate exercise to maintain and improve strength
Appropriate use of medications and proper nutrition
Communicating effectively with family, friends, and health professionals
How to evaluate new treatments

Results of Living Well:

Increased Self-Reported Health
Increased Energy
Increased Activities & Social Roles
Increased Aerobic Activity
Increase Stretching and Strengthening
Increased Cognitive Symptom Techniques
Better Communication with Physicians
Decreased Health Distress
Decreased Fatigue
Decreased Hospitalization

Participants include anyone with an ongoing pain or illness such as:

Arthritis
Asthma
Cancer
Chronic Joint Pain
COPD or Emphysema
Diabetes
Depression/Anxiety
Fibromyalgia

Heart Failure
High Blood Pressure
High Cholesterol
Kidney Disease
Obesity
Osteoporosis
Stroke

Family members, friends, or caregivers are also welcome to attend.
Workshops are FREE. Class materials (book, CD) may cost depending on location.

Resources:

To read more about this evidence-based program developed at Stanford's Patient Education Research Center, visit their website by clicking here.
To watch a video about the program's development in partnership with Kaiser Permanente click here.
To overview the basics of the CDSMP/Living Well program in Utah, click here to view a presentation.