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"Breathe eaSY" Peer Support Group Meeting
Venue: 15 Clarke Street (15 Jalan Sultan Abdul Jalil, 30450 Ipoh)
Scheduled Dates:
- Saturday 30th December 2017
- Saturday 20th January 2018
- Saturday 24th February 2018
- Saturday 24th March 2018
- Saturday 28th April 2018
- Saturday 26th May 2018
Start Time: 11.00 am
Duration: 2 hours maximum. Refreshments provided.
Membership Fee: Nil (but donations are welcomed)
Facilitator: Doctor. Nurse educator. Lay expert
Benefits of attending the “Breathe eaSY” peer support group:
· Continuous and close support in disease management
· Members feel less alone, more understood and are emotionally supported by peers.
· Members are empowered to discuss and solve their own problems.
· Members share asthma information keeping one another up to date.
· Members act as role models for each other. Seeing others who are contending with the same illness and making progress in their lives is inspiring and encouraging.
· Members, being equals, feel safe and comfortable to talk about intensely personal issues, experiences, struggles and thoughts. Discussions solve problems, reduce anxiety, improve self-esteem and well-being.
· Members are enriched in asthma education as all discussions are facilitated by experienced health care professionals.
Areas of Asthma Education provided:
· Disease awareness
· Disease management.
· Proper use of inhaler devices.
· Use of AsthmaMD app for tracking progress.
“Breathe eaSY” Peer Support Group is sponsored by AstraZeneca. |
