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:

FROUDE AVENUE COMMUNITY CENTRE

89 Froude Avenue, St. John’s

September 17 to October 22, 2018

(The Oct. 8th session will occur on Tuesday, Oct. 9th)

Monday evenings 6:30 p.m. to 9:00 p.m.

SPLASH CENTRE (Multi-Purpose Room)

30A Catherine Street, Harbour Grace

September 18 to October 23, 2018

Tuesday mornings 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

HEART’S DELIGHT – TOWN HALL

395 Main Road

September 25 to October 30, 2018

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

RENEWS - CAPPAHAYDEN TOWN HALL

47 Back Road, Renews

October 1 to November 5, 2018

(The Oct. 8th session will occur on Tuesday, Oct. 9th)

Monday afternoons 1:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.

EASTERN HEALTH- MAJOR’S PATH CLINIC

35 Major’s Path (Main Boardroom – Room 105)

October 5 to November 9, 2018

Friday afternoons 1:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.

(Note: Oct. 19th & 26th session will be held in room 212)

CHANNAL (Multi-Purpose Room)

70 The Boulevard, St. John’s (CNIB Building)

October 22 to November 26, 2018

(The Nov. 19th session will occur on Tuesday, Nov. 20th)

Monday evenings 6:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.

CHRIST THE KING PARISH HALL (Placentia West 50+ Club)

250 Main Road, Rushoon)

November 6 to December 11, 2018

Tuesday mornings 9:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

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.