Eastern Health - Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops

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Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops

Take control of your health. Let Eastern Health show you how.

Eastern Health is offering Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops, called Improving Health: My Way, to help people live better with their chronic illness.

Workshops are 2 ½ hours long once a week for six-weeks and are free!

Whether you are living with asthma, arthritis, diabetes, depression, or some other chronic condition, the Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshop will help you:

Learn how to deal with challenges related to your health condition
Learn better ways to communicate with your doctor, family, and friends
Learn how to live better with your health condition

Upcoming Workshops:

CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH – LION’S CLUB

10 Minerals Road - Conception Bay South

March 20 to April 26, 2018 - 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

Tuesday evenings: March 20, April 3 and April 17
and Thursday evenings: March 29, April 12 and April 26

GRAND BANK- MUNICIPAL CENTRE (Wellness Room)

56 Main Street, Grand Bank

April 5 to May 8, 2018 - 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Thursdays afternoons: April 5, 19 and May 3
and Tuesday afternoons: April 10, 24 and May 8

UPPER ISLAND COVE – ANGLICAN PARISH

Main Road – Upper Island Cove

April 24 to May 29, 2018

Tuesday evenings – 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

RIVERHEAD- LEGION CLUB

Main Road, Riverhead

May 9 to June 13, 2018

Wednesday afternoons - 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

CLARENVILLE – PARK PLACE (Multi-Purpose room)

50A Manitoba Drive - Clarenville

May 10 to June 14, 2018

Thursday afternoons – 2:00 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

LIONS MANOR (Multi-Purpose Room)

Placentia Health Centre, 1 Corrigan Place

May 1 to June 12, 2018 (Note: There will be no session on May 29)

Tuesday afternoons, 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

FROUDE AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTRE

89 Froude Avenue, St. John’s

May 1 to June 5, 2018 - 6:30pm to 9:00pm

Tuesday evenings: May 1, May 22 and June 5

and Monday evenings: May 7, 14 and 28

To register please call 709-752-3946

or toll free 1-866-880-8998

or email: selfmanagement@easternhealth.ca

Lay Leader Training:

Eastern Health is currently looking for workshop leaders to co-facilitate Chronic Disease Self-Management Workshops. If you or someone you know would like to volunteer as a Lay Leader and assist others to learn how to manage their health conditions, the following free four-day training sessions are available as follows:

Chronic Disease Self-Management lay leader training:

There are no training sessions scheduled at this time.

To register for a workshop in your area, or to become a self-management workshop leader, please call 752-3946 or toll free 1-866-880-8998.