Workshop: Live a Healthier Life
Free Healthy U Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop. Learn tools to better deal with health conditions. Open to anyone with health condition & caregivers. Book, CD, lunch incl.
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Workshop: Live a Healthier Life
Healthy U is an evidence-based program created by Standord University over 10 years ago proven to help people improve their quality of life while living with a chronic health condition (Arthritis, Cardiovascular disease, COPD, Muscular Dystrophy, Cancer, Diabetes, Fibromyalgia, High Blood Pressure, High Cholesterol, Kidney Disease, HIV/AIDS, Lung Disease, Lupus, Stroke.....) Open to anyone living with a chronic health condition and/or caregivers for someone with a health condition.
Consider Healthy U if you:
-Live with long-term health conditions or care for someone living with chronic conditions.
-Feel limited in your daily activities.
-Feel tired, alone, or fearful because of your health or the health of a loved one.
-Seek better ways to manage symptoms.
Topics include:
-Setting and achieving personal goals.
-Strategies to deal with pain, stress, fatigue, weight management, difficult emotions.
-Using physical activity to maintain and improve strength, flexibility, endurance.
-How to use medications safely and appropriately.
-Communicating effectively with family, friends, health professionals.
Workshops are led by trained leaders also using these tools to manage their own chronic health conditions. Workshops are interactive, casual, informative, and can be life-changing. Contact Karin Nevius at (937) 341-3001 or knevius@info4seniors.org to register. A minimum number of participants is required for the workshop to be held. Sign up today!
