Chronic Disease Self Management-Cedar City
Wed, Jan 08
|Cedar City Senior Citizens Center
Area Agency on Aging offers FREE self-management education for people with a variety of chronic health conditions. It aims to build participants’ confidence in managing their health and keep them active and engaged in their lives.
Time & Location
Jan 08, 2020, 2:00 PM – Feb 12, 2020, 4:00 PM
Cedar City Senior Citizens Center, 489 E 200 S, Cedar City, UT 84720, USA
About the event
Course Dates: January 8th, 15th, 22nd, 29th, February 5th, 12th
CDSMP is for adults with chronic health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, heart disease, lung disease, and other ongoing health problems. The program may be particularly beneficial for people who have more than one health condition, whose health problems have begun to interfere with their valued life activities, or who have had difficulty following your health recommendations.
Participants attend a 2½-hour interactive workshop once a week for 6 weeks to learn problem-solving, decision-making, and other techniques for managing problems common to people with chronic diseases. In a typical workshop, participants set a realistic goal for the upcoming week and develop an action plan for meeting that goal. They report on their progress at the following workshop, and solicit feedback from the group to help address any challenges.
There is strong evidence from peer-reviewed publications and program evaluations that participation in CDSMP workshops can improve physical and psychosocial outcomes and quality of life for people with chronic health conditions. Benefits include:
- Decreased pain and health distress • Increased energy and less fatigue • Increased physical activity • Decreased depression • Better communication with physicians • Decreased social role limitations • Increased confidence in managing chronic disease