Chronic Illness Coping Lists articles including lessons from Christopher Reeve, treatment of whole person, psychological control, and coping techniques.
Learning to Live with a Chronic Condition Patient advice on communication with the health team, deciding on a treatment plan, and minimizing costs. From the Lifepath Information Series.
Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease Discusses outcome of patient self management program. Education and lifestyle changes improve health, preserve functions and reduce costs. Also in PDF (published in 2002).
Center for Research on Chronic Illness 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.
Coping with Chronic Illness The Fathers Network on how to deal with physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. Applies to anyone with a longterm disease.
Yoga For Chronic Illness Article explains how yoga helps to maintain and restore health by stretching and breathing.
Stanford Self-Management Programs 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.
Chronic Disease Management 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.
Living with Chronic Illness and Disease Personal perspective on living with chronic disease. Articles cover getting through each day, relaxations, tips, work, stories.
Illness, Disability and Social Inclusion Evaluates policies on education, social security, employment, anti-discrimination, and independence. From the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions.
Improving Chronic Illness Care 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.
Chronic Conditions Advice on managing the health team, staying as healthy as possible, trying complementary therapies, maintaining a sense of humor, working at being optimistic.
Family Caregiver Alliance National Center on Caregiving offers fact sheets, advice, research reports, public policy briefs, and newsletters.
Chronic Disease Management British Columbia resources for physicians, patients and researchers. Includes success stories, self-management program, reports, research and Chronic Care Model.
Health Action Network A volunteer non-profit organization helping to rehabilitate people with chronic mental or physical illness into the community. Includes details of training and resources.
Diet, Nutrition and the Prevention of Chronic Diseases Combined World Health Organization and Food and Agriculture Organization expert report on prevention of obesity, diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, dental diseases and osteoporosis.
Managing Long Term Conditions (Chronic Disease Management) 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.
Patient Self-Management - Chronic Disease Care 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.
Chronic Ill Net Patients, doctors and researchers discuss diseases: Gulf War Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, AIDS, biological and chemical weapons. Many articles.
Coping with Chronic Illness Patient information publication of the Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center at the National Institutes of Health (USA).
Chronic Disease: Prevention and Management Calgary Health Region to host its second international conference from October 29 to November 1, 2007. Registration opens October 2006.
Chronic Ill Net Multimedia information source dedicated to chronic illnesses including AIDS, cancer, Persian Gulf War Syndrome, autoimmune diseases and neurological diseases.
