Self Management

For many people living with long term health conditions such as asthma, diabetes and arthritis can be disabling and frustrating. However, there are many things which you can do to help manage your health with the support of health care profesionals, family, friends and work colleagues.

With this in mind NHS Forth Valley has produced a simple information booklet to provide you with some handy tips and skills to support you along the way along with details of local support groups.

• The Self Care Toolkit (pdf, 852k)
  A helpful booklet for people in the NHS Forth Valley area who are living with a persistant health condition/s.
• Self Care Toolkit - My Support Plan (pdf, 456k)
  Designed to support the practical tools described in the Self Care Tool Kit listed above. 
• Self Care Toolkit – for people living with chronic pain

A new national website has also been developed to help people discover how self management can make life better. The website www.myconditionmylife.org also has real life stories, common questions and answers about long term conditions and details of further support and advice