If you have a chronic or long-term condition, you and your family have to manage it all day, every day. If you do, you can maintain a healthy, positive, productive life. If you don’t, you and your family may suffer unnecessarily. Self-management involves three different kinds of tasks - caring for your body, adapting your activities to your condition, and dealing with the emotions that illness brings. 

 

Self-management often involves medical treatments and therapies. It can also mean making lifestyle changes, such as eating better, reducing stress, or increasing exercise. You might also need to make changes in your life, like improving work or family relationships or changing how you interact with health care providers.

 

Whether you are a person with a chronic or long-term condition, or a family member, this section of New Health Partnerships will provide information, resources, and support you need.

 

Being Active in Health Care Live well, take charge, inform yourself, and manage symptoms. Read More	You're Not In This Alone Family members, health care providers, and communities can help. Read More	Getting Started With Self Management Basic skills – goal setting, action planning, and problem-solving. Read More
Staying on Track Dealing with hard emotions, negative thoughts, and life changes.  Read More	Helping Others Self Manage Help family and peers, and yourself at the same time. Read More	Improving Health Care for Others Your experience can help improve health care for all. Read More