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Learning to Cope with Chronic Illness
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Practical advice to patients and significant others.
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Coping with Long-term Physical Illness and Pain
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Short explanation to counselors on defense mechanisms and coping styles of patients.
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Coping with Chronic Illness
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An academic paper discusses illness in terms of stages, with a description of each in terms of its relevance to patients.
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Expert Patients Programme for Long-term Patients
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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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Coping with a Chronic Illness in your Family
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Advice to family members, including communication, financial matters, independence and taking charge.
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Chronic Illness Coping
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Lists articles including lessons from Christopher Reeve, treatment of whole person, psychological control, and coping techniques.
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Learning to Live with a Chronic Condition
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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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Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease
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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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Center for Research on Chronic Illness
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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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Chronic Illness: Acceptance Is the First Step Toward Healing
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Short description of the day to day acceptance process.
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Living with Chronic Illness
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Personal advice on making adjustments and maintaining hope.
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Coping with Chronic Illness
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The Fathers Network on how to deal with physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. Applies to anyone with a longterm disease.
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Yoga For Chronic Illness
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Article explains how yoga helps to maintain and restore health by stretching and breathing.
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Stanford Self-Management Programs
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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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Chronic Disease Management
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Model based on cooperation between providers to improve patient health and outcome. The Calgary Health Region also advises on regional strategy, community care coordinators, and patient class details.
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Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy
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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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Chronic Disease Prevention
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Overview by National Center (USA) offers statistics, state programs, risk surveillance and risk factors per state.
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Chronic Illness Tips
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A personal account of strategies for daily living.
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Dealing with Illness and Disability
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The London Borough of Hackney offers support through council, community, and government agencies in the fields of jobs, leisure, transport and allowances.
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Living with Chronic Illness and Disease
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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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Living with Long Term Illness
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Tips and ideas on dealing with a chronic condition in daily life. Personal site.
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A Day in a Life with Chronic Illness
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A personal account of daily events aims to promote better understanding.
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Managing your Chronic Illness
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British Columbia's patient information with links to programs.
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Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness
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Handbook gives short, practical advice how to handle serious illness and dying.
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Living with Chronically Ill People
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Describes adjusting to illness in the family, with several personal articles.
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Living with Long Term Illness
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Explains how lifestyle changes can be effective in self-managing a condition.
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Self Management of Long-Term Illness
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Seminar from The Pituitary Foundation's Third National Conference.
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Poem, Pain Management, Chronic Illness
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Poem about coping with pain using relaxation and imagery.
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Improving Chronic Illness Care
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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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Faced with a Life Threatening Illness.
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Questions, concerns and links provided by Australian Palliative Care Council.
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Chronic Conditions
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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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Family Caregiver Alliance
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National Center on Caregiving offers fact sheets, advice, research reports, public policy briefs, and newsletters.
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Chronic Disease Management
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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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Chronic Ill Net
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Patients, doctors and researchers discuss diseases: Gulf War Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, AIDS, biological and chemical weapons. Many articles.
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When Parents Fall Ill
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Dealing with the child's resentment and embarrassment. The importance of key events and acknowledging the child's own health complaints.
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Report of the Working Group on Long-Term Care
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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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Household Management Questions for Others with Chronic Illness
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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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Chronic Health Conditions not a Barrier to Successful Aging
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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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Health Action Network
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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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Ten Resolutions
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A psychologist offers strategies for dealing with painful illnesses.
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Ten Steps for Coping with a Chronic Condition
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Harvard Health Publication Letter. Patient oriented advice.
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Palliative Care Council of South Australia
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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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