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If you have an ongoing health condition such as heart disease, high blood pressure, arthritis or something different, Live Well with Chronic Conditions will help you manage your disease better, improving your life overall. If you have diabetes, Live Well with Diabetes will help you become more self-sufficient in managing your life, helping you feel more in control and healthier. Live Well with Chronic Pain can help you better manage your symptoms. And if you want to learn new ways to help improve your health, financial security and overall well-being, consider enrolling in an Aging Mastery Program near you.

Live Well

Are you an adult with an ongoing health condition such as arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain, anxiety or depression? Or do you care for someone who does? This workshop can help you be in control and feel better. (If you have Type 2 diabetes, you should consider taking our other workshop “Live Well with Diabetes.”)

You will learn to set your own goals and make a step-by-step plan to improve your health – and your life. You will learn from trained leaders who understand because they have health conditions themselves or care for someone with a health condition.

You will learn:

Practical ways to deal with pain and fatigue
Better nutrition and exercise choices
Better ways to talk to your doctor about your health
Communication techniques to help make your needs known

+ Read about this program in Spanish

No cost to attend
Workshop is held once a week for six weeks
Caregivers are welcome

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Live Well with Diabetes

Are you an adult with Type 2 diabetes or do you care for someone who does? This workshop can help you take control of your diabetes or help you in your role as a caregiver.

Learn how to manage symptoms so you can get the most out of life. You will learn to set your own goals and make a step-by-step plan to improve your health – and your life. You will learn from trained leaders who understand because they have health conditions themselves or care for someone with a health condition.

You will learn:

Meal planning and healthy nutrition choices
How to manage low and high blood sugar
Tips for dealing with stress
How to fight fatigue
How to care for your feet

+ Read about this program in Spanish

No cost to attend
Workshop is held once a week for six weeks
Caregivers are welcome

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Live Well with Chronic Pain

Are you experiencing chronic pain brought on by arthritis, stroke, neuropathy or another condition? If so, this workshop provides you with practical tools to help you develop self-management skills, while giving you the confidence and motivation you need to better manage symptoms, and meet the challenges of day-to-day tasks of living with chronic pain.

Classes encourage active participation, where mutual support and success build confidence in your ability to manage your health and maintain active and fulfilling lives. The workshop will not conflict with existing programs or treatment and is designed to enhance regular treatment.

You will learn:

Techniques to deal with problems such as frustration, fatigue, isolation, and poor sleep
Appropriate exercise for maintaining and improving strength, flexibility, and endurance,
Appropriate use of medications and how to evaluate new treatment
How to rest and pace yourself

No cost to attend
Workshop is held once a week for six weeks
Caregivers are welcome

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Aging Mastery Program®

The Aging Mastery Program® (AMP) is a 10-week series of incentive-based health and wellness classes for people age 55 and over. AMP can help you build your own playbook for aging well. It is a fun, innovative, and person-centered education program that empowers participants to embrace their gift of longevity by spending more time each day doing things that are good for themselves and for others.

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What They’re Saying

The “Live Well” workshops are not only informative and useful, but also enjoyable. I look forward to every session.

This workshop taught my husband and me how to live a healthy life with a chronic illness by overcoming the physical, mental and emotional problems caused by the conditions.

I learned about new ways to exercise to improve flexibility, strength and balance, and keep sugar level under control.

I have better control over many aspects of my life. I feel more empowered to choose to act rather than just react.

I learned the benefits of positive thinking, healthy eating and exercise.

I’ve enjoyed learning how to set realistic goals and felt good about achieving many of them!

I would recommend this workshop to everyone . . . there are so many things for all of us to learn at any age.

I found the content to be good, the instructors to be wonderful and my participation to be very rewarding.

Started yoga, eating lunch at the senior center, getting out more and walking.

I learned how to set up an exercise program that fits my needs and about how to be realistic about completing it.

I’m thrilled to be back on track with healthy eating and exercise.

I learned so much. I understand more about how to manage my health issues and now pay more attention to myself.

I benefited from the discussions and the problem solving activities.

I like feeling part of a group and knowing I am not alone in life.

Sharing, learning, good feelings, people with like needs, no negative vibes, warmth and love, best of all, made new buddies.

My action plan steps are already helping me become a healthier person.

I’ve learned how to accept my health issues and deal with my limitations in a positive way.

I benefitted so much from the action plans. I will definitely carry this forward.

Meeting others with similar health concerns and hearing how they cope was inspiring for me.

For the first time in a while, I felt like trying to be more active again. I started eating better and being with everyone helped take my mind off of my own problems.

We found participation with members of the group and sharing experiences most rewarding.

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