When you want to get the most of life with long-term conditions, the program "Optimizing Life" can help. By taking part in "Optimizing Life with Long-Term Conditions," you will learn how to take control of your life, to feel better and do more.
Optimizing Life workshops meet once a week for 6 weeks and are led by trained volunteers from the Institute for Optimizing Health Outcomes, most of whom live with a long-term condition themselves. There is no cost to participate. We welcome participants who are caregivers or those with a partner or family member who is living with chronic illness.
You can download our schedules and registration form for workshops taking place in Toronto, Scarborough, Oshawa, Thunder Bay, and Windsor, Ontario. (Schedules will be updated regularly as more workshops get confirmed.
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The Institute for Optimizing Health Outcomes provides the 4-day leader training program to train volunteers to lead the Optimizing Life (CDSMP) program. We also can arrange Master Training sessions for interested organizations (Train-the-Trainer sessions). Please contact us at info{at}optimizinghealth.org or phone (416) 969-7431 with any questions.
A practical approach to living better during your journey. When you take part in "Optimizing Life with Cancer & Cancer Treatment" you can take better control of your life and learn to manage the challenges of your disease, its treatment, and your life after treatment.
This program is currently being piloted and evaluated, in partnership with the Canadian Cancer Society - Ontario Division. If you are interested in helping to develop or implement this program, please send us an email at info{at}optimizinghealth.org. Thanks & stay tuned!