Monday, July 18, 2011
“Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions” workshop
The “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions” workshop helps people with chronic health conditions to better manage their symptoms and their daily life. It is FREE to participants, and participants receive the Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions reference book for free. All participants must pre-register for a workshop. We suggest participants attend all six sessions if possible. The more sessions attended, the more benefit!
Workshop groups meet once a week for 2½ hours, over six weeks. There are eight to sixteen participants in each workshop. The workshop teaches skills for living a healthy life including: healthy eating; exercise; pain and fatigue management; stress management; communicating with your healthcare professional; managing medications; and planning and problem solving. Participants take an active role in the workshop. They set individual goals each week and work to accomplish their goals throughout the following week. Participants are asked to share their goals and progress with the group.
The workshop is led by two leaders who have taken special training. The leaders are volunteers or health care professionals, many of whom have chronic conditions themselves
Peer Leader Training is four 8-hour days. This training will consist of two days the first week and two the following week. Training will be held in English.
Leaders are individuals interested in teaching and empowering others to better manage their chronic conditions and to live a healthy life. As a leader, you will have the satisfying task of integrating the contents of the program and learning group facilitation skills that can be transferred to other areas of your life. Most importantly, you will watch people affected by chronic conditions successfully manage their health conditions by using the skills and tools that you have shared with them.
Leaders may be lay people or health care professionals. Regardless, they act as peers when leading the workshop, not as health experts. Two Peer Leaders always work together to deliver the workshops.
If you would like to register for the peer leader training please either contact 1.877.240.3941, by email: rbowen@bruyere.org, or by registering online at:
http://www.livinghealthychamplain.ca/register/register.aspx?id=97
http://www.livinghealthychamplain.ca/register/register.aspx?id=96
The first session will be held September 19th and 20th, 26th and 27th at Winchester Memorial District Hospital. The sessions usually run from 8:30 am-4:00 pm.
The Second Session will be held at Miramichi Lodge in Pembroke Oct. 4,6,11 & 13.
Please note participants must attend all 4 days of training to become a Peer Leader.
Both Training sessions will be held in English, however we can provide French Peer Leader manuals to those who wish to facilitate the workshops in either language.
For more information regarding upcoming training, support and events in Chronic Disease Self-management in the community please join our mailing list:
http://www.livinghealthychamplain.ca/main.aspx
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