The Allegheny County Better Choices, Better Health program (also known as the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program, or CDSMP) is a free six-week workshop that provides tools for living a healthy life with chronic health conditions, including arthritis, high blood pressure, heart disease, diabetes, COPD, and other conditions that affect your daily life.
Through weekly sessions, the workshop provides support for continuing normal daily activities and dealing with the emotions that chronic conditions may bring about.
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Ann Hoy, a lung cancer survivor from Cape May, NJ, discusses the importance of her local CDSMP program in her quest to regain her health. | |
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Pain management program helps seniors remain active
Pittsburgh Tribune Review
April 28, 2011
Peer group helps seniors break out of the cage of chronic disease
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
April 18, 2011
Partners
This program is provided through a partnership between the Pennsylvania Department of Aging, the Allegheny County Department of Human Services Area Agency on Aging, and Vintage, Inc.
Funding for these workshops is being provided by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act and the United Way of Allegheny County.
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| “After taking the class, my mind set changed. I feel so much freedom after accepting the fact that I have a chronic condition that I need to manage. This workshop was a life-changing event.” |
