Training for chronic disease self-management

Educational Opportunities

LIVING A HEALTHY LIFE WITH CHRONIC CONDITIONS

Grants from the Center for Disease Control and the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services are funding classes in Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions. Caryl Collier, parish nurse at Faith Lutheran Church, and Jan Sonnenberg, geriatric care manager, have completed the leadership training course and will be co-teaching the course.

The classes are designed to help people manage the challenges of arthritis, fibromyalgia, lupus, chronic pain, osteoporosis, diabetes, asthma, heart disease and others.

Having a chronic condition does not mean that you have to stop doing the things you love to do! Get back in the “driver’s seat” on your health journey! This class discusses strategies for getting and maintaining control. Some of the topics are how to fight fatigue, how to communicate better about health issues, how to make daily tasks easier, how to manage pain and other symptoms, and how to set goals for a positive life.

WHEN? The six-week interactive workshop will be held from 1:00 p.m. to about 3:15 p.m. on Thursday afternoons from September 6 until October 11.

A $10.00 registration fee will cover the cost of the reference book and snacks.

Call Jan Sonnenberg at 573-893-2878 or email at jan@professionalfamily.com.

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