Chronic Pain Education Series at Life After Fifty- East Side

Windsor Essex Community Health Centre (weCHC) was formed as a result of the amalgamation of Teen Health and Sandwich Community Health Centres in 2009.

As a community Health Centre our Mission is desiging and delivering  an accessible, inclusive and collaborative approach to providing primary care, illness prevention and health promotion.

The Windsor Essex Community Health Centre is the Erie St. Clair LHIN lead for the Chronic Disease Self Management Program.  The program is divided into two streams:

1) Community Education Workshops

2) Healthcare Provider Continuing Education Workshops

• Improve communication with your healthcare provider
• Positive thinking, guided imagery and relaxation techniques
• Action planning, problem solving and setting personal goals

• Light exercises to improve strength and flexibility
• Techniques to deal with stress, pain, depression and improve sleep
• Fatigue management, pain medication and treatments

• Learn to manage blood sugar levels and prevent complications
• Healthy eating, light exercise, foot care and dealing with difficult emotions
• Gain confidence with medication management

• Led by peers who have experienced firsthand diabetic foot related complications
• Focus on prevention of diabetic foot related complications
• Education surrounding when to seek guidance of a health care professional
• Information on local foot care resources
• Very participative - participants will do a hands on foot exam on themselves

• Explore the role of a health care professional as a facilitator of change
• Identify specific strategies to assess the motivation to change
• Understand the skills needed to influence behavior change
• Demonstrate essential techniques to influence change

• Learn how to assess patients' confidence and commitment to engage in health behavior change
• Learn skills to influence change in patients' health behaviors
• Learn techniques to use in clinical settings to promote adherence to treatment plans and encourage follow-up for reflection, reassurance and next steps