Living Well with a Disability is a ten week peer-facilitated health promotion workshop for people with disabilities.
Program Benefits
Participants in the program learn the life skills they need to set and achieve quality-of-life goals and the important role health plays in helping them reach their goals. Participants who have completed a workshop demonstrate:
- Improved outlook
- Positive changes in daily activities
- Achieving a personal goal
- Reduced limitation due to secondary health conditions
- Reduced health care costs
- Increased awareness of disability rights/advocacy
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What Is Provided To Participants
Workshops are facilitated by peer-trained instructors, meet once a week for ten weeks and each class lasts 2 hours. The workshop covers the following topics:
- Goal setting
- Problem-solving
- Healthy reactions to stress
- Beating the blues
- Healthy communication
- Seeking information
- Physical activity
- Eating well to live well
- Advocacy
- Maintenance of skills learned
Resources & Programs
Visit www.livingwell.utah.gov for more information
Additional Resources
The Utah Department of Health resources:
- Utah Arthritis Program, www.health.utah.gov/arthritis
Partner Resources
For More Information On This Program
livingwell@utah.gov
1-888-222-2542