‘Living Well with Chronic Conditions’ Offered Free, March 31, 2014

Beginning March 31st, “Living Well with Chronic Conditions” will be offered FREE as a 6 session series. This program will offer tips and skills to help individuals manage problems common to chronic health conditions as well as skills to work effectively with health care professionals. The program also helps individuals take day-to-day responsibility for the care of their chronic condition. The information presented in the program is research-based and was developed by Stanford University. Anyone living with a chronic condition or family member, friend, or caregiver of an individual with a chronic condition can participate in this program. Living Well with Chronic Conditions helps people with common chronic conditions such as: asthma, COPD, arthritis, depression, diabetes, cancer, heart disease, obesity, and fibromyalgia. The program is being offered on Mondays, March 31 to May 5 from 4:00 – 6:00 p.m., at the Jefferson Rural Clinic in Jefferson City. Registration is required as class size is limited. For more information about the program, contact Melissa LaGraff at UT Extension-Jefferson County- (865) 397-2969/3969 or mrector@utk.edu. To register for the program, contact the Jefferson Rural Clinic at (865) 471-5525 or info@jrclinic.org. Registration is needed by March 28th.

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