We're one day into Active Aging Week! This week, promoted by the International Council on Active Aging, runs from Sunday, September 22 to Saturday, September 28, 2013. The theme for the week is "Discover Your Community". What are ways that you can get out and be active within your community this week? Suggestions to consider …
Previous posts have given you tips on steps to take to prevent falls and also fall-proofing your home to prevent falls. These are just some of the tools available to you to help prevent loved ones from falling and potentially seriously injuring themselves. Statewide there are events happening for Falls Prevention Awareness Month. Since Falls …
Have you graduated from one of the self-management programs that the Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program and its seven Regional Arthritis Centers (RACs) provide throughout Missouri? Participants who have completed 4 of 6 sessions for Living a Healthy Life (Chronic Disease Self-Management Program); Arthritis Self-Management Program; Diabetes Self-Management Program; Better Choices, Better Health; Better Choices, …
Adults with arthritis may respond to this question that their social life is limited. If you are trying to think about how you would respond to this question, there are several things you may want to think about. When friends or family invite you to attend a gathering, are you able to attend? Do you …
Many people who suffer from chronic long term conditions like arthritis have symptoms like pain and weakness, and may one day experience disability. People with long-term health conditions are alsolikely to suffer from depression and anxiety. For anyone who has been diagnosed with these conditions this may come as no surprise. Research shows there may be …
Sonya Hodges, of the Douglas County Health Department, Ava, Missouri, has been involved in chronic disease self-management education programs for a few years now. Hodges has been a leader for CDSMP programs for five years and is also trained in the Arthritis Foundation Exercise Program. Hodges, Suzanne Cooney and Angie Fletcher, held the CDSMP course …
New classes for the Better Choices, Better Health(R) program are starting now! The Missouri Arthritis and Osteoporosis Program began offering this new self-management program for Missourians in March 2013. Better Choices, Better Health(R) is an online program developed by Stanford University. This program is the online version of the Chronic Disease Self-Management Program (CDSMP). To …
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During the summer months, many people take vacations, either staying at home or traveling to a new or favorite destination. It can be difficult while traveling to maintain a work-out routine and/or to get physical activity. If you're on the go this summer, there are still ways that you can engage in physical activity.
June isn't just the month of Father's Day, it's also a month to bring awareness to issues of health for all boys and men. National Men's Health Month, started as part of a Congressional health education program in 1994, encourages us all to pay extra attention to the health of important men in our lives. …
“This is your opportunity to learn how to do this. You get to be in charge now.” Marcia Rippe of St. Joseph, Missouri, Buchanan County, shares her experiences as a leader of self-management programs. Rippe works for the Heartland Health (St. Joseph) Arthritis Community Services office. Rippe has served as a nurse educator for at …