Area Agency On Aging

CDSMP or Living Healthy

Chronic Disease Management Overview (Video)

DSMP Diabetes Self-Management

Older adults with ongoing health conditions such as arthritis, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, chronic pain and anxiety are invited to enroll in a Living Healthy workshop. 

The workshop helps seniors take charge of their lives, find practical ways to learn how to:

• Manage symptoms and break the pain cycle
• Deal with difficult emotions
• Improve breathing techniques and muscle relaxation
• Reduce and manage fatigue
• Improve communication skills
• Make action plans and improve problem solving skills
• Manage depression symptoms and
• Develop positive thinking techniques

This workshop will enable you to regain control of your health or to support your loved one in a more effective manner.

Indulge in a few weeks to chnage your quality of life by improving your health, your habots and personal communications. Prevent the complications of Diabetes with timely and effective measures.

This workshop will give you tools to

• Take back control of your health
• Improve family relations
• Learn techniques for better living and managing the disease
• Look at the future from another perspective

Nutrition

• Eating Well As You Get Older
• Steps to Better Nutrition (Videos)
• What is myplate?  

Diabetes

• Malnutrition: A Hidden Epidemic in Older Adults
• 5 Facts About Older Adult Malnutrition
• Mini-Series on Diabetes