Living Well with Chronic Health Problems in Southern Oregon -- southern Oregon's home for the Stanford Chronic Disease Self-management Program and other Healthy Aging education.

  

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Learn techniques for taking control of your health!
Workshop Schedule

Learn techniques for taking control of your health!

The weekly six-session interactive workshop helps people who have significant health conditions learn how to take control of their health. The sessions deal with the issues that everyone living with an ongoing (chronic) health condition faces. Each session lasts two and one-half hours. We encourage you to bring a family member or support person to all sessions. You will learn how to accomplish the following:

  • Manage medications

  • Deal with depressionPhoto of man being applauded for good self management

  • Eat wisely and well

  •  Control pain

  • Set and meet your goals

  • Fight fatigue and frustration

  • Start an appropriate exercise program

  • Manage stress and relax

  • Solve problems

  • Communicate with health providers better

The program has been shown to help people to improve their healthful behaviors (exercise, cognitive symptom management, coping, and communications with physicians), improve their health status (self-reported health, fatigue, disability, social/role activities, and health distress), and decreased their days in the hospital. 

Living Well With Chronic Health Problems can help you develop the skills needed to take control of your health condition and live a happier and healthier life. Stanford University developed the Chronic Disease Self-management Program (CDSMP).

This program is now available in Southern Oregon (Jackson, Klamath and Josephine counties). It is designed to enhance medical treatment and deal with the issues that everyone living with an ongoing health condition faces. We now have certified workshop leaders (click HERE to see pictures) available to guide you through this Stanford University developed education program. 

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Workshop Schedule:

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Workshops are FREE!  Receive a FREE copy of the companion book written by the Stanford University program developers -- "Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions."  Registration required. 

Interested?  Need more information?  Call 864-9611 or click on CONTACTS for an email address to get in touch.

2008

Jackson County

Tomando Control de su Salud (En Espaņol)
La Clinica del Valle, South Pacific Highway -- Medford
May 12 to June 23, 2008 (4:00 PM to 6:30 PM -- Mondays)

Central Point Senior Center -- Central Point
April 10 to  May 15 (9:00 AM to 11:30 AM --Thursdays)

OSU Extension Center-- Central Point
May 29 to July 3 (1:30PM to 4:00PM--Thursdays)


Ashland Community Hospital -- Ashland
April 14 to May 19 (2:30 PM to 5:00 PM -- Mondays)

Josephine County

Three Rivers Community Hospital -- Grants Pass
May 13 to June 17 (2:00 PM to 4:30 PM -- Tuesdays)
May 15 to June 19 (10:00 AM to 12:30 PM -- Thursdays)
June 24 to July 29 (2:00 PM to 4:30 PM -- Tuesdays)
June 26 to July 31 ((10:00 AM to 12:30 PM -- Thursdays)


Future workshops are being scheduled in Jackson and Josephine counties. Watch this page for announcements of the dates.

  

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Revised: April 25,  2008