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Register for the living well programme
Register your details to join our next six week Living Well Programme.
Please fill out the form below to express your interest. Our team will get in touch with you.
If you need assistance in filling out the form, or have any questions relating to the Living Well Programme please get in touch.
What Is The Living Well Programme?
The Living Well programme is an online self-management programme for people affected by end stage kidney disease. Living with a chronic health condition can leave people feeling as if they have lost control of their health and wellbeing.
Over six sessions develop the skills you need to become an active self-manager of your condition and live a happier and healthier life. You decide what is important to you and what you would like to work on.
Topics Covered
Managing pain, fatigue and difficult emotion
Nutrition and exercise methods
Communicating effectively with your family, friends and healthcare team
Problem solving and decision making
How to set manageable goals
Managing your medications
How to access this Programme
Who this service is for?
Adults living with kidney disease
Kidney transplant recipients
Family members, partners and carers
How this service can help you
Explore practical topics that can help you feel better equipped every day
Benefit from a structured, group-based programme
Learn from trained supervised leaders who have end stage kidney disease themselves
How to access this programme
You can contact us yourself, or ask a family member, carer or hospital staff member to get in touch on your behalf.
About the course
The programme was designed by Stanford University in California. It has international research to show that the programme works for people with a variety of health conditions and it is used by many organisations in Ireland to support their members.
The weekly sessions are facilitated by two trained supervised leaders who have end stage kidney disease themselves. All of our leaders understand the challenges of living with on-going conditions and many use the very same health management techniques you’ll learn, during this programme, to cope with their own on-going health conditions.
Additional Resources & Programmes
HSE Living Well Programme
The HSE run their own ‘Living Well’ programme.
HSE Chronic Pain Management Programme
The HSE run a Chronic Pain Management Programme.
Make A Contribution
The Irish Kidney Association relies on contributions to deliver vital services for kidney patients and their families. If you would like to make a contribution, it would be greatly appreciated.