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A personal account of daily events aims to promote better understanding.
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Ritchie Shoemaker, MD and his research team share new peer-reviewed medical research and clinical treatment protocols along with an online screening test for biotoxin illnesses such as CFIDS, Fibro and Lyme.
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Current research by the Carolina School of Nursing, pilot projects, publications on specific diseases as well as in general on preventing and managing chronic illness in vulnerable people.
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Advice on managing the health team, staying as healthy as possible, trying complementary therapies, maintaining a sense of humor, working at being optimistic.
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British Columbia resources for physicians, patients and researchers. Includes success stories, self-management program, reports, research and Chronic Care Model.
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Overview by National Center (USA) offers statistics, state programs, risk surveillance and risk factors per state.
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A weblog to reinforce that chronic diseases represent a serious personal and social risk and that their prevention should be on top of everybody's mind. It also explores different prevention solutions to help those who want to take action.
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Calgary Health Region to host its second international conference from October 29 to November 1, 2007. Registration opens October 2006.
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Advice on 'successful aging' with good management of several chronic conditions by HealthLink, the Medical College of Wisconsin.
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Journal providing a forum in which researchers from a wide range of disciplines, clinicians, policy makers, and people living with chronic illness come together to clarify the common principles underlying the experience and management of chronic illness. Has current and past issues.
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A representative body for Australian organizations. Promotes details of campaigns and activities, and offers news, articles and information.
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Lists articles including lessons from Christopher Reeve, treatment of whole person, psychological control, and coping techniques.
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A personal account of strategies for daily living.
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Short description of the day to day acceptance process.
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Offers links to patient information and publications by the National Institutes of Health.
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Advice to family members, including communication, financial matters, independence and taking charge.
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Self-management course for confidence, skills and knowledge to manage chronic health conditions. Provides newsletter, explanation of program, people's views.
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Handbook gives short, practical advice how to handle serious illness and dying.
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A volunteer non-profit organization helping to rehabilitate people with chronic mental or physical illness into the community. Includes details of training and resources.
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A weblog dedicated to exploring the issues behind the diagnoses, the statistics, and behind the headlines on chronic illness, health policy, and complementary and alternative medicine. By a journalist, Jacqueline L. Jones.
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Practical advice on adjusting expectations, cleaning, time management and recommended books. Short thread in The New Homemaker.
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Research and resources, including a model to promote interaction between patient and care givers. Essential elements are the community, self-management support, decision support and clinical information systems.
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E-book on chronic disease management available for free online reading or download.
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Practical advice to patients and significant others.
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Patient advice on communication with the health team, deciding on a treatment plan, and minimizing costs. From the Lifepath Information Series.
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Personal advice on making adjustments and maintaining hope.
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Personal perspective on living with chronic disease. Articles cover getting through each day, relaxations, tips, work, stories.
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Explains how lifestyle changes can be effective in self-managing a condition. From Men's Health Peer Education.
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Tips and ideas on dealing with a chronic condition in daily life. Personal site.
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A National Primary and Care Trust Development Funds program aimed to produce personalized care plans involving all medical and associated disciplines. No longer updated, it still contains valuable information for health care professionals.
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British Columbia's patient information with links to programs.
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Consumer health information for people with a disease or chronic condition on how to obtain reliable treatment information by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (USA).
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Resource and information service, representing services and hospices in South Australia. Contains consumer and professional information, including multicultural information.
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Overview of research and publications showing evidence patient self-management interventions lead to improved health status, increased patient satisfaction and reductions in hospital and emergency room costs, listed by the Californian Health Care Foundation.
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Poem about coping with pain using relaxation and imagery.
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A peer-reviewed Journal by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the United States. Contains essays, original research, special topics, case studies. Also available as PDF.
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Discusses outcome of patient self management program. Education and lifestyle changes improve health, preserve functions and reduce costs. Also in PDF (published in 2002).
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US Department of Labor, Advisory Council Report to recommend policy changes and education on broad scope of findings.
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Center develops, evaluates, and disseminates community-based, peer-led, programs for people with all kinds of chronic diseases. Part of School of Medicine, Stanford University, California.
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Harvard Health Publication Letter. Patient oriented advice.
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Article explains how yoga helps to maintain and restore health by stretching and breathing.
