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Persons with chronic health conditions and family members can participate in self-management programs offered in communities throughout British Columbia at no cost. These are evidence-based programs which provide information, teach practical skills and give people the confidence to manage their health condition(s).    

What are the goals of self-management programs?

Self-management support consists of techniques and strategies that can be used by health professionals in clinical practice to encourage healthy behaviours. The self management programs have a strong science base and a successful track record of implementation in community organizations serving people living with chronic health conditions.

Led by Drs Debra Sheets, Stuart MacDonald, Andre Smith, and Mary Kennedy (UVic), Dr Helen Kivnich (University of Minnesota), Dr Carl Asche (University of Illinois), and Erica Phare-Berg (St Andrews High School), Voices in Motion is an intergenerational community choir for persons with Alzheimer's Disease, and their family caregivers, that will explore the impact of participation in an intergenerational choir on quality of life, well-being and social networks. Voices in Motion is actively recruiting members.

For more information, please contact Dr. Debra Sheets or the Voices in Motion .