Program Details
Life Improvement Series (Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program)
NERunning from January 14, 2009 until December 31, 2011
The Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program helps you learn the skills you need to build your own self-management program that helps you:
- become an active member of your health-care team,
- work better with your health-care providers and
- handle the day-to-day challenges of your disease.
The Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program is a group education program designed to complement the care provided by your health-care team and allow you to share experiences with others. Trained volunteers, many of whom have arthritis or fibromyalgia, lead the courses. The Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program is designed to:
- identify and teach you the latest pain management techniques,
- help you develop your own individualized exercise program,
- help you learn to manage fatigue and stress more effectively,
- discuss the purposes and effective use of medications,
- help you find solutions to problems caused by your arthritis,
- identify ways to deal with anger, fear, frustration and depression,
- discuss the role of nutrition in arthritis management,
- help you learn new ways to communicate with family and friends and
- teach you how to form a partnership with your health-care team.
Past participants of the Arthritis Foundation Self-Help Program have experienced such benefits as:
- increased knowledge about their arthritis,
- increased frequency of exercise and relaxation,
- increased self-confidence,
- decreased depression,
- decreased pain and
- decreased physician visits.
For more information, contact Julie Hancock at 402-330-6130
Back to Programs Listing
