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Chronic Health Condition Workshops offered at Action Health Partners

Chronic Health Condition Workshops offered at Action Health Partners

Provides various workshops for individuals with chronic health conditions to improve their ability to manage their health and maintain active and fulfilling lives. - Chronic Disease Self-Management Program: Supports people with different or multiple chronic health problems (e.g., heart disease, hypertension, stroke, and respiratory disease). The program is led by trained and certified peers with first-hand experience. Discusses techniques on how to deal with frustration, isolation, appropriate exercise, fatigue, pain, medication management, emotion management, and much more. - Chronic Pain Self-Management Program (CPSMP): Developed for people who have a primary/secondary diagnosis of chronic pain; which is pain that lasts longer than 3 to 6 months, or beyond the normal healing time of an injury. Examples of chronic pain conditions are chronic musculo-skeletal pain, fibromyalgia, whiplash injuries, chronic regional pain syndromes, chronic pelvic pain, post-surgical pain that lasts beyond 6 months, neuropathic pain, or neuralgias, post stroke pain, persistent headache, Crohn’s disease, irritable bowel syndrome, diabetic neuropathy, or those who experience severe muscular pain due to conditions such as multiple sclerosis. - Diabetes Education and Support: Discusses techniques to deal with the symptoms of diabetes, fatigue, pain, hyper/hypoglycemia, stress, and all of the emotional problems associated with this disease. Material has been reviewed by physicians, diabetes educators, dietitians, and other health professionals who are experts on the subject. About Evidence-Based Workshops: - Open to individuals with chronic conditions and those who support them - Free for participants - Take place in a small group setting - Meet once a week for 2.5 hours over the course of 6 weeks - Materials and snacks are provided at every session - Continuing Education Credits are available - Led by trained and certified peers with first-hand experience

Location

230 Grant Road, East Wenatchee, WA 98802

Hours

M-F, 8am-5pm.

Application process

Visit website.

Eligibility

Individuals with a chronic illness.

Fee

None.

Agency info

Action Health Partners

Educates, supports and empowers individuals to improve quality of life and well-being. The vision is to be collaborative leaders who build relationships that reduce barrier to healthy communities. Action Health Partners does this through programs in care coordination, health education, and health benefits.