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:

CLARENVILLE- Compassion Homecare (boardroom)

2B Shoal Harbour Drive [In strip plaza]

April 24 to May 29, 2019

Wednesday afternoons, 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

HARBOUR GRACE – SPLASH CENTRE (Multi-Purpose room)

30a Cathedral Street

April 10 to May 15, 2019

Wednesday mornings, 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

HEART’S DELIGHT – TOWN HALL

395 Main Road

April 18 to May 23, 2019

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

ST. JOHN’S – Sobeys, Kelsey Drive

45 Kelsey Drive

May 21 to June 25, 2019 (June 11th session will go ahead on Monday, June 10th)

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

ST. JOHN’S – Buckmaster Circle

129 Buckmaster’s Circle

April 25 to May 30, 2019

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

PLACENTIA LION’S MANOR

1 Corrigan Place – Placentia

May 7 to June 11, 2019

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

GRAND BANK MUNICIPAL BUILDING

56 Main Street

May 23 to June 27, 2019

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

To register please call 709-752-3946

or toll free 1-866-880-8998

or email: selfmanagement@easternhealth.ca

ST. JOHN’S – YMCA (members ONLY!)

35 Ridge Road

April 29 to June 10, 2019

Monday mornings, 10:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

To register, please call 709-726-9622 Ext. 223 or 709-697-9013 or email lisa.sheppard@nl.ymca.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.