Self - Care

The Self-Assessment Kiosk is user-friendly, flexible, anonymous resource that allows users to measure as many as 18 domains of mental and general health using simple questions. Users may choose what they want to measure and the resource scores and provides feedback based on published norms.

Website provides information about workshops and self-management programs for people living with chronic conditions in the Mississauga/Halton region.

Healthy Change: Chronic Condition Self-Management is a six-week workshop for people living in the Northern Ontario regions. It helps people living with chronic or long-term health conditions gain confidence in managing better their symptoms and their daily life. The three main areas covered are coping with a chronic condition, pain management and diabetes. All participants must pre-register for a workshop.

This resource provides information on the different challenges posed by hypertension, types of high blood pressure medications, a personal blood pressure record, and a weekly medication chart that may be helpful in self-managing this medical condition. A list of frequently asked questions is also included.

Telehomecare is a patient self-management program that engages patients as partners in their care plan right in their home. This online program supports people living with a complex chronic disease by providing the assistance of nurses who remotely monitor clients' health status through the use of technology. The program is  available in limited areas in Ontario and currently supports people living with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) or with Heart Failure (HF) only.

The website provides access to the program that helps you take control of your health and work with your doctor and the rest of your healthcare team to manage your medicines safely and appropriately. The program helps to create an up-to-date medication record, gives advice on communicating with your healthcare team and facilitates access to various health-related topics prepared by the leading health organizations in Canada.

The South West Self-Management Program offers free programs for people with chronic conditions. These workshops provide participants with the skills, tools and confidence to better manage their medical conditions. The program also offers workshops and training sessions for health service providers to assist with the integration and implementation of self-management best practices. Workshops cover variety of topics such as managing pain, dealing with difficult emotions, goal setting, healthy eating and more.

Moving beyond grief is often difficult. This book gently and clearly helps people get on with their lives and get "unstuck" from the isolating cycle of sadness and self- blame often accompanying loss. It helps to learn that there is hope and that with time, one can let go of the overwhelming sense of loss and embrace life again.

Filled with hundreds of tips, suggestions, and strategies, this guide offers practical medical solutions in clear language. It explains how to develop and maintain exercise and nutrition programs, manage symptoms, determine when to seek medical help, work effectively with doctors, properly use medications and minimize side effects, locate community resources, discuss the illness with family and friends, and tailor social activities for particular conditions.

My Pain Toolkit is a simple guide that gives you some handy tips and skills to help you to understand and manage pain better. This toolkit provides steps for taking control of your pain and live life better despite your pain.

This is a well established guide to coping with joint pain, and has been used by many readers over its twenty years in print. It succeeds because of its tested advice, its hundreds of useful hints, and its emphasis on self-management-helping people with arthritis and fibromyalgia to achieve their own health goals.

My Tool Box is a free 6-week program for patients with chronic disease, designed to teach people the skills they need to live well with chronic health conditions such as cancer, diabetes, heart disease, chronic pain, asthma, arthritis, hypertension and MS. This fun, practical and interactive program emphasizes coping strategies and daily practical skills.

Recommended by leaders in the nation's top MS organizations, this book offers you more than just strategies for dealing with physical challenges. The authors, a team of experienced doctors and psychologists, offer tips to help you manage the emotional aspects of MS, too. Presented straightforward techniques are ready to use in your life today for greater physical comfort and mobility, financial security, and a more positive state of mind.

The book offers a program to help you reduce your pain and learn coping skills to get your life back. Program participants report that they have been able to take control of their pain and cut their doctor visits. Straightforward and compassionate, this hands-on guide provides detailed information plus step-by-step techniques, activities, and worksheets.

A majority of chronic illnesses have no medical cure. The best therapy, asserts the author, is self-care. This comprehensive guide suggests healthy behaviors and holistic approaches while acknowledging the barriers people face in applying them.

This web page lists fact sheets and other PDF documents on variety of aspects of self-management of diabetes. Topics include health complications resulting from diabetes, monitoring glucose blood levels, nutrition and fitness and other helpful tools.

This resource is designed to help you assess your health while living with chronic diseases or other medical conditions. Also provided are health calculators, activity and menu planners, podcasts and slideshows to help you manage your health.

This resource provides easy to follow information and tips on how to communicate better with your doctor.  Written for people with no medical background and understanding medical terminology and culture, the book gives a valuable insight into the way doctors think and communicate. A list of core patient resources and record-keeping forms are also included.