por Steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Articles, News
It is not only important to empower patients, but to support families and other informal carers. Informal carers may carry a large share of care provision. Supporting their role, training and protecting their well being has positive outcomes for the health of carers... por Steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Articles
Self management is generally defined as the day to day activities that an individual carries out to manage their long term health condition. Self management recognises that the individual’s own behaviors, beliefs and emotional state can significantly affect their... por Steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Articles
The evidence for self management is still developing and there is a lack of systemic reviews to draw upon. The definition of self management is very broad, so studies often involve very different interventions and populations which make comparative reviews... por Steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Articles
People living with a long term health condition have a unique set of experiences, which enables them to support others, through volunteering or indeed paid employment, and provide a different perspective to that of health professionals. Studies have shown that lay... por Steve | Mar 12, 2018 | Articles
From the perspective of health care professionals (HCP), who want to set up educational programs, there are many possible approaches. Self management programmes may be delivered by a variety of people including health care professionals, clinical psychologists and...