Author : M. Ed Cynthia Perkins
Publisher : Cynthia Perkins Publications & Consultations
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 13,68 MB
Release : 2008-12
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9780578005546
Self-care tips and strategies that encourage, inspire and empower the chronically ill to reduce feelings of hopelessness and helplessness, manage pain, find new meaning and purpose in life, decrease feelings of powerlessness, improve self-esteem and thrive in spite of symptoms.
Author : Danea Horn
Publisher : Mango Media Inc.
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 22,17 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1609258185
Take control of your life and wellness with this volume of practical advice, true stories, and journaling prompts for those living with chronic conditions. Chronic illnesses come with unique types of stress, from negotiating day to day activities to dealing with friends and family who don’t understand. In Chronic Resilience, certified life coach and chronic condition sufferer Danea Horn offers techniques and tools to help you rebound from the pressures of having a body that's doing things you wish you could control. Chronic Resilience provides a complete self-help blueprint for managing the difficulties chronic illness presents. Each chapter contains stories and advice from women dealing with chronic conditions ranging from cancer to organ transplant, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis (RA), MS, Cushing's disease, diabetes, and others. This guide offers advice on how to:Stop pushing yourself so hardUse research to empower—not frighten—yourselfLet yourself be pissedTrain your troops in how to care for youCultivate focus and flexibilityFind things to be grateful forFocus on what you can do, not what you can't
Author : Kate Lorig, DrPH
Publisher : Bull Publishing
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 31,38 MB
Release : 2020-01-06
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 1945188332
Nobody wants to have a chronic long-term illness. Unfortunately, most of us will experience at least one of these conditions during our lives. The goal of this book is to help people with chronic illness explore healthy ways to live with physical or mental conditions. A healthy way to live with a chronic illness is to seek soundness of body and mind and work to overcome physical and emotional issues. The challenge is to learn how to function at your best regardless of the difficulties living with a chronic condition can present. The goal is to achieve the things you want to do and to get pleasure from life. That is what this book is all about. By showing readers how to become active self-managers through problem solving, goal setting, and action planning while also presenting the basics of healthy eating, exercise, relaxation, and emotional empowerment, Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Conditions offers readers a unique and exciting opportunity—the chance to take back one's life and enjoy it to the fullest extent possible while living with chronic illness. Originally based on a five-year study, this completely revised 5th edition has grown to include the feedback of medical professionals and people with chronic conditions all over the world.
Author : Ariela Royer
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,65 MB
Release : 1998-08-20
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 0313025428
Many healthcare professionals are focusing their concerns on controlling symptoms and minimizing physical distress while failing to deal with the social and psychological factors related to living with long-term chronic illness. Ariela Royer makes an important contribution to the study of health and illness behavior by showing the various strategies chronically ill people use to manage their symptoms and overcome the consequences of their particular illness, so they can live the most normal life possible and maintain their self-esteem. In spite of a popular belief linking chronic illness mainly to aging, most chronic problems extend across the life span. One of every seven men and one of every eight women between the ages of 17 and 44 are limited in their major activity, their ability to work, keep house or go to school, because of a chronic condition. At ages 65 and over, nearly three-fifths of men and two-fifths of women are handicapped. Dr. Royer shows various strategies the chronically ill may use to live with the uncertainty inherent in chronic illness. She also discusses how one might try to overcome or to minimize the salient social consequences of chronic illness, such as stigma and social isolation, in order to get on with their lives.
Author : Kayla Adams
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 21,97 MB
Release : 2023-10-25
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Author : Erin Martz
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2007-09-23
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0387486704
This book synthesizes the expanding literature on coping styles and strategies by analyzing how individuals with CID face challenges, find and use their strengths, and alter their environment to fit their life-changing realities. The book includes up-to-date information on coping with high-profile conditions, such as cancer, heart disease, diabetes, arthritis, spinal cord injuries, and traumatic brain injury, in-depth coverage of HIV/AIDS, chronic pain, and severe mental illness, and more.
Author : Aletha T. Kuenstler
Publisher : Xulon Press
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 47,44 MB
Release : 2011-03
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781612159058
THE INSPIRATIONAL STORIES WITHIN THESE PAGES WILL SIGNIFICANTLY IMPACT YOUR LIFE!This book contains life-changing lessons and coping skills that the author has learned professionally and personally in response to chronic illness. Given less than six months to live in her early thirties and currently living life to its fullest at 63, Aletha testifies to God's sustaining strength in the face of each new challenge.Presented in a professional manner by a nurse and Christian therapist, this book addresses the challenges you may face prior to receiving a diagnosis as well as learning to live life to its fullest with a chronic illness.The author, who lives with several chronic illnesses herself, presents a creative way of developing a support system. Following her program of companion dialog and journaling, you may experience an improvement in quality of life and leave a lasting legacy for your loved ones. Alternatively, instead of journaling, you could discuss the provocative questions presented in each chapter with a friend, family member, clergyperson, teacher-or God.Newer treatment methods-such as scripture as medication, "five-minute vacations," and food sensitivity awareness-are parts of the author's comprehensive arsenal in dealing with chronic illness. Finally, preparing for death is explored as an important part of living responsibly.Aletha Kuenstler has a bachelor of science in nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee and a master's in nursing from the University of Wisconsin, Madison. She is also a certified social worker in Michigan. Her nursing career focused on assisting individuals in living life to its fullest with their challenges.Ms. Kuenstler has the following chronic illnesses: Crohn's disease, lupus, diabetes, pernicious anemia, Sjogren's syndrome, and post-polio syndrome. She has recovered from cardiomyopathy and congestive heart failure. Her fibromyalgia and chronic fatigue syndrome are in remission.
Author : Charles Johnson
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 16,49 MB
Release : 2013-05-13
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 1135450811
Chronic illness and pain are now, more than ever, seen asas major problems in the current health care system. Because they are unresponsive to both antibiotics and surgery, theyr are seen as elusive and mysterious. The National Medical Expenditure Survey estimates that over 80 million U.S. citizens live with a chronic illness. The most prevalent are arthritis, diabetes, respiratory diseases, hypertension and mental illness. This book uses the novel Robinson Crusoe as an archetypal metaphor for the patients who must learn to survive on their own isolated "island" of chronic pain. This unique style is combined with a variety of in-session approaches and other tools which clients have found helpful in identifying their goals and progress. By emphasizing the importance of self-care the authors hope to diminish the sense of helplessness felt by the both the patients their loved ones.
Author : Steven Safren
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 144 pages
File Size : 50,33 MB
Release : 2007-11-27
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0190295511
If you suffer from a chronic medical condition like cancer, HIV, diabetes, asthma, or hypertension, you know how hard it can be to perform all the self-care behaviors required of you, especially if you are also dealing with depression. Studies have shown that depressed individuls with chronic illness have a hard time keeping up with the behaviors necessary to manage their condition and improve their health. The program outlined in this workbook can help you take better care of yourself while simultaneously relieving your depression. Designed to be used in conjunction with visits to a qualified mental health professional, this workbook teaches you strategies for maintaining your medical regimen. You will learn how to set up a reminder system for taking medication, plan for getting to medical appointments on time, and how to communicate effectively with your medical providers. You will also learn how to follow the advice of your treatment providers, such as adhering to certain lifestyle and dietary recommendations. These Life-Steps are essential to the program. As you begin to take better care of yourself, you will notice a decrease in your depression. In addition to these self-care skills, you will also learn how to maximize your quality of life, which is another important part of lessening your depressed feelings. Begin to re-engage in pleasurable activities and utilize relaxation techniques and breathing exercises to help you cope with stress and discomfort. Use problem-solving to successfully deal with interpersonal or situational difficulties and change your negative thought through adaptive thinking. By treatment's end you will have all the skills you need to successfully manage your illness and cope with your depression.
Author : Joy Selak
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 48,89 MB
Release : 2005-03-08
Category : Health & Fitness
ISBN : 9781439805787
“Coming to terms with this reality was a lot like accepting the death of a loved one.” You Don’t LOOK Sick!: Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness chronicles a patient’s true-life accounts and her physician’s compassionate commentary as they take a journey through the three stages of chronic illness—Getting Sick, Being Sick, and Living Well. This resource helps you focus on building a meaningful life that contains illness as opposed to a life of frustration and fear. Designed for patients in at all stages of the chronic illness journey, this book will also be illuminating for caregivers and loved ones. From the book: “I’ve learned that having a chronic illness is not a prison sentence. It does not mean I must spend the rest of my life feeling depressed and angry, locked away from the world inside my little sick box. It does not mean that I am useless and no longer have any gifts to share, but it may mean that I must develop some new ones.” You Don’t LOOK Sick! addresses practical aspects of chronic illness, such as: hiring a doctor managing chronic pain coping with grief and the loss of function winning battles with health and disability insurers countering the social bias against the chronically ill recognizing the limitations of chronics illness care and charting a path for change In You Don’t LOOK Sick!: Living Well with Invisible Chronic Illness, you will find stories, dialogue, humor, examples, and analogy of the three stages to illustrate a challenging but navigable journey. You will also find suggested reading materials for learning to live well, medical Internet resources, illness-specific Web sites, names and addresses of national associations, and a bibliography of medical books by topic. The short chapters and straightforward language of the book will be helpful for readers who are weary and dispirited. From the authors: “I've learned that having a chronic illness is not a prison sentence. It does not mean I must spend the rest of my life feeling depressed and angry, locked away from the world inside my little sick box. It does not mean that I am useless and no longer have any gifts to share, but it may mean that I must develop some new ones.” —Joy H. Selak “My goal is to work with patients so that, like world class athletes, they can perform at their peak capacity. My job is more than giving answers; I must educate, counsel and encourage patients to set goals and implement a personal care program as well as take appropriate medications.” —Dr. Steven Overman The authors are experienced public speakers. If you wish to inquire about their availability to speak to patients or health care professionals, please contact Joy Selak by email at [email protected].
