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WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! IN ORDER TO MOVE FORWARD WITH OUR ORGANIZATION, WE NEED VOLUNTEERS WITH ALL TYPES OF SKILLS. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PLEASE VISIT OUR VOLUNTEER PAGE. THANK YOU SO MUCH.
We are a voluntary education,training, and support network providing chronic illness awareness and disease prevention workshops, technical training, and resources to the general community, patients, hospitals, public schools, colleges, medical schools, corporations, and other institutions needing awareness training in the area of chronic illness, as well as providing support to those with chronic illness. We are based in Phoenix, AZ and most workshops will be provided in person in the Phx and Surrounding Areas. Workshops outside the AZ area will be provided online and through telechat conference. We maintain chronic illness resources and referrals for both patients and organizations, a patient speaker's bureau,and a Phoenix based patient social and support group, connecting persons with chronic illness in the area for support and companionship and connecting those outside the Phoenix area with online and phone support and resources.
Our mission is to enhance understanding and awareness of the realities of living with chronic illness in order to improve conditions and care for this population, provide health education on the prevention of and management of chronic illness, as well as healthy living in general; provide a place where chronic illness organizations can network, exchange ideas and unite on the common issue of chronic illness in general, rather than segregated illness specific issues; advocate for health care reform as it pertains to chronic illness; and to provide direct patient services and resources to help those with disabling chronic illness manage and lead fulfilling lives despite any obstacles and struggles they face.
Unlike most chronic illness organizations, which focus on specific chronic illnesses or disabilities, we focus our efforts on improved care for chronic illness in general. It is our belief that if illness specific organizations unite and work together, we can have a far greater impact on healthcare reform and services for the chronically ill. Our goal is to become the most comprehensive network dedicated to chronic illness.
Her professional background is in health education and social services. She has had graduate training in both public health and social work. From both personal and professional experience, she is familiar with the fragmentation of the healthcare system when it comes to chronic illness, the lack of community education about chronic illness and the loneliness chronic health issues can bring. Therefore, she decided to start this comprehensive network, which she hopes to develop into a non-profit in the near future. In addition to her work with the chronically ill and persons with various other disabilities, she has done freelance writing for a chronic illness magazine and is currently a contributing editor/writer for medpedia.com, an upcoming collaborative medical website.
Our founder recently moved here from NY a year and a half ago with her husband and kitties. She moved to Arizona, needing a warm dry climate due to a chronic illness, which she has been living with for 15 years.
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