Chronic Illness - Coping

Website provides information about self-management of chronic disease as well as links to community resources.

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 webpage provides educational material for people living with kidney disease in the form of easily readable manual in English, French, Chinese, Italian, and Punjabi. The manual contains information on major topics such as the causes of chronic kidney diseases (CKD), dialysis, transplantation,  well-being and leisure, work, money and legal matters, self-management and supports. Video version of the manual Living with Kidney Disease is available from the web page.

This is a valuable resource for anyone suffering from a chronic illness who is interested in finding an online support group. The site provides access to online support groups for a variety of chronic illnesses and medical conditions, including Alzheimer's, stroke, aphasia, brain injury and many others. Participants have a forum to share their personal stories and experiences related to physical and emotional effects of diseases, therapies, use of medications and more.

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.

PatientsLikeMe is an online resource for people living with chronic illnesses, and other medical conditions. This resource allows you to create an online profile to measure your recovery and treatment process with the medication you take. This resource also allows you to communicate with other patients who are experiencing the same medical conditions, to compare medication effectiveness and treatment progress. Over 100,000 users are members of this community. Please note: If one joins as a member, your medical information will be shared with other parties, as written in the "Privacy Policy" for PatientsLikeMe website.