- Learning to Cope with Chronic Illness - Practical advice to patients and significant others.
- Chronic Disease: Forming Healthy Relationships - Advice for doctors and health workers on treatment and support of chronic ill patients. [PDF]
- Effectiveness of Self Management with Chronic Disease - Paper discusses core skills, use in educational programs, effects on health status, key ingredients for more efficacy.
- Coping with Long-term Physical Illness and Pain - Short explanation to counselors on defense mechanisms and coping styles of patients.
- Coping with Chronic Illness - An academic paper discusses illness in terms of stages, with a description of each in terms of its relevance to patients.
- Expert Patients Programme for Long-term Patients - Self-management course for confidence, skills and knowledge to manage chronic health conditions. Provides newsletter, explanation of program, people's views.
- Coping with Chronic Illness and Depression - How to recognize depression and when to consult the doctor.
- Coping with a Chronic Illness in your Family - Advice to family members, including communication, financial matters, independence and taking charge.
- Chronic Illness Coping - Lists articles including lessons from Christopher Reeve, treatment of whole person, psychological control, and coping techniques.
- Learning to Live with a Chronic Condition - Patient advice on communication with the health team, deciding on a treatment plan, and minimizing costs. From the Lifepath Information Series.
- Preventing Disability in the Elderly With Chronic Disease - Discusses outcome of patient self management program. Education and lifestyle changes improve health, preserve functions and reduce costs. Also in PDF (published in 2002).
- Center for Research on Chronic Illness - Current research by the Carolina School of Nursing, pilot projects, publications on specific diseases as well as in general on preventing and managing chronic illness in vulnerable people.
- Chronic Illness: Acceptance Is the First Step Toward Healing - Short description of the day to day acceptance process.
- Living with Chronic Illness - Personal advice on making adjustments and maintaining hope.
- Coping with Chronic Illness - The Fathers Network on how to deal with physical, emotional and spiritual aspects. Applies to anyone with a longterm disease.
- Yoga For Chronic Illness - Article explains how yoga helps to maintain and restore health by stretching and breathing.
- Stanford Self-Management Programs - Center develops, evaluates, and disseminates community-based, peer-led, programs for people with all kinds of chronic diseases. Part of School of Medicine, Stanford University, California.
- Chronic Disease Management - Model based on cooperation between providers to improve patient health and outcome. The Calgary Health Region also advises on regional strategy, community care coordinators, and patient class details.
- Preventing Chronic Disease: Public Health Research, Practice and Policy - A peer-reviewed Journal by the National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion in the United States. Contains essays, original research, special topics, case studies. Also available as PDF.
- Chronic Disease Prevention - Overview by National Center (USA) offers statistics, state programs, risk surveillance and risk factors per state.
- Chronic Illness Tips - A personal account of strategies for daily living.
- Dealing with Illness and Disability - The London Borough of Hackney offers support through council, community, and government agencies in the fields of jobs, leisure, transport and allowances.
- Living with Chronic Illness and Disease - Personal perspective on living with chronic disease. Articles cover getting through each day, relaxations, tips, work, stories.
- Living with Long Term Illness - Tips and ideas on dealing with a chronic condition in daily life. Personal site.
- Illness, Disability and Social Inclusion - Evaluates policies on education, social security, employment, anti-discrimination, and independence. From the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. [PDF]
- A Day in a Life with Chronic Illness - A personal account of daily events aims to promote better understanding.
- Managing your Chronic Illness - British Columbia's patient information with links to programs.
- Guidance for People Facing Serious Illness - Handbook gives short, practical advice how to handle serious illness and dying.
- Living with Chronically Ill People - Describes adjusting to illness in the family, with several personal articles.
- Chronic Disease Surveillance in Canada - Background paper also proposes multi-partnered data base renewal (2003).
- Living with Long Term Illness - Explains how lifestyle changes can be effective in self-managing a condition.
- Self Management of Long-Term Illness - Seminar from The Pituitary Foundation's Third National Conference.
- Poem, Pain Management, Chronic Illness - Poem about coping with pain using relaxation and imagery.
- Improving Chronic Illness Care - Research and resources, including a model to promote interaction between patient and care givers. Essential elements are the community, self-management support, decision support and clinical information systems.
- Faced with a Life Threatening Illness. - Questions, concerns and links provided by Australian Palliative Care Council.
- Chronic Conditions - Advice on managing the health team, staying as healthy as possible, trying complementary therapies, maintaining a sense of humor, working at being optimistic.
- Family Caregiver Alliance - National Center on Caregiving offers fact sheets, advice, research reports, public policy briefs, and newsletters.
- Chronic Disease Management - British Columbia resources for physicians, patients and researchers. Includes success stories, reports, research and Chronic Care Model.
- Chronic Ill Net - Patients, doctors and researchers discuss diseases: Gulf War Syndrome, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, AIDS, biological and chemical weapons. Many articles.
- When Parents Fall Ill - Dealing with the child's resentment and embarrassment. The importance of key events and acknowledging the child's own health complaints.
- Report of the Working Group on Long-Term Care - US Department of Labor, Advisory Council Report to recommend policy changes and education on broad scope of findings.
- Household Management Questions for Others with Chronic Illness - Practical advice on adjusting expectations, cleaning, time management and recommended books. Short thread in The New Homemaker.
- Chronic Health Conditions not a Barrier to Successful Aging - Advice on 'successful aging' with good management of several chronic conditions by HealthLink, the Medical College of Wisconsin.
- Health Action Network - A volunteer non-profit organization helping to rehabilitate people with chronic mental or physical illness into the community. Includes details of training and resources.
- Ten Resolutions - A psychologist offers strategies for dealing with painful illnesses.
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