Health & Wellbeing
Living Well - a programme for long-term health conditions Tríona McNamee, Living Well Programme Coordinator, Community Healthcare East, St. Broc’s Business Campus, Clonskeagh, Dublin 6, D06 KP26 Tel: 087 405 3880 Email: LivingWellCHEast@hse.ie Living Well is an evidence based self-management support programme open to adults living with long-term health conditions. The programme supports you to develop skills which will help you to live well with one or more long-term health conditions, such as but not limited to: COPD, Asthma, Diabetes, Stroke, Heart Conditions, Multiple Sclerosis (MS), Parkinson’s, Arthritis, Cancer, Crohn’s disease, Chronic Pain, Fibromyalgia and Depression. The programme has been proven to be effective in: • Enhancing self-efficacy • Improving health behaviours • Improving social engagement • Reducing feeling of depression and anxiety Some more programme details: • It is a scripted programme • It’s delivered in group of 8-12 participants • It runs 2.5 hours a week for 6 weeks • It’s delivered by 2 trained Leaders, one of whom has to be living with a long-term health condition
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