AHS rolling out workshops for chronic disease patients

By Gillian Slade on January 6, 2018.

Medicine Hat News

A six-week series of workshops designed to help those living with a chronic disease is being offered by Alberta Health Services.

Better Choices, Better Health is a six-week series of workshops designed to support Albertans living with ongoing health conditions, such as diabetes, heart disease, arthritis, high blood pressure, obesity, chronic pain, fibromyalgia, Crohn’s disease, colitis, celiac disease and mental health concerns.

Workshops are led by AHS health-care professionals or trained volunteers, many of whom live with a chronic disease.

The program teaches tools and techniques common to all chronic conditions rather than any one specific disease or condition and will include:

Solving problems and setting goals, handling pain and fatigue, managing medication, dealing with difficult emotions, eating healthy, increasing activity and communicating with healthcare providers.

Workshops take place Mondays, 1-3:30 p.m., from Jan. 15. They are held at the River Heights Professional Centre, 100 – 88Valleyview Dr. SW.

To register please call 403-529-8969 or toll-free 1-866-795-9709.

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