At Ballarat Community Health Sebastopol our team run the evidence-based Better Health Self Management Course, which was designed, trialled and fine-tuned at Stanford University in the USA over the last 20 or so years.

The group runs one 2.5-hour session a week for six weeks, focussing on self-management of clients with chronic health conditions.

The sessions are very interactive, with:

• goal setting and evaluation each week
• brainstorming for participants to find solutions to the difficulties they face on a daily basis
• opportunities for clients to network and listen to others who suffer from a variety of chronic health conditions

A broad range of topics are covered, including:

• managing symptoms
• problem solving
• making actions plans
• dealing with difficult emotions, fatigue, pain
• communication
• making treatment decisions
• working with you healthcare professionals
• nutrition
• fitness

It is aimed at empowering clients to manage their own condition by teaching them the skills that will enable them to do so.

Call us on 5338 4500 to find out more.

“Patient self Management strategies complement a patient centred approach and have been found to be effective in different groups … and in a range of prevention and chronic disease…” -source

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