Do you have a chronic health condition lasting six months or longer?

This free course is being conducted by ACT Health. Carers & friends of people with chronic conditions are encouraged to attend the course.

The course for six consecutive weeks, 2.5 hours per week.

The course includes topics such as symptom management, including pain, fatigue, anxiety, depression, shortness of breath & dealing with negative emotions. Other sessions include communicating with health providers, physical activity, healthy eating, action planning, problem solving and peer support.

Diabetes Nutrition services are provided for people with type one and two diabetes, gestational diabetes, impaired fasting glucose and impaired glucose tolerance. Dietitians work in a multidisciplinary team with diabetes educators, podiatrists, social workers and endocrinologists.

This service is a vailable at Gungahlin, Belconnen and Tuggeranong Community Health Centres, the Canberra Hospital, Centenary Hospital for Women and Children and Winnungah  Nimmityjah Aboriginal Health Service.

The adult asthma educator service provides free up to date education and support to adults who have a diagnosis of asthma.

The Adult Asthma Educator Service is provided by Registered Nurses who works within a team of health professionals based at the Canberra Hospital. This service works closely with the Respiratory Specialists, Pharmacists, hospital staff and the ACT Asthma Foundation to provide a holistic approach to asthma education.

General Practitioners (GPs) and Respiratory Specialists are responsible for diagnosing, treating and managing people affected by asthma.

The Asthma Educators role is to support GPs and Specialists in the care of people with asthma. Everyone’s asthma is different and can affect each individual differently. The Service tailors the education session to meet the individual’s needs, and specific healthcare goals.

Asthma education assists individuals and families
to increase the knowledge and understanding of
asthma and its management.
The Asthma Educators provide information on:
• Symptoms
• Common trigger factors
• Devices used to deliver medications
• Exercise and asthma
• Peak flow monitoring/spirometry
• Emergency management
• Allergy skin testing.

The Obesity Management Service supports adults with a high level of obesity (Body Mass Index over 40kg/m2)  to improve their health and wellbeing. The Service focuses on those who are at high risk of developing complications from their obesity or those who already have limiting health problems. The Service team includes doctors, nurses, dietitians, psychologists and exercise physiologists.  The team works with the adults to achieve a healthier lifestyle through group education, physical activity programs, strategies to support long-term self management and improve social and emotional wellbeing.

A referral from a GP or medical specialist is required. Each referral needs to be named to one of the following listed doctors within the service:
- Dr Carol Huang
- Dr Miriam Blackburn
- Dr Paul Dugdale
Each referral letter should include the following information:
1. Brief medical history and diagnosis
2. Anthropometry including weight, height, BMI and waist circumference
3. Clinical information 
4. Relevant blood tests

Rather than the prescribed, book learnt method of Diabetes Education that is all to common these days, InRange combines  personal and professional experiences with diabetes, the experiences of others with diabetes, the experiences of family members without diabetes, knowledge of insulin pumps, insulin injections, finger pricking, the ups and downs of diabetes, new technologies available and the most current evidenced based practice to create a more individualised approach to Diabetes Education.  InRange understands that every person with diabetes is unique and so is their particular experience of diabetes, no two are the same and no two can be managed in the same way.

The mission of InRange is to make diabetes management more achievable and simplistic ultimately helping people like me to live an active, healthy, social and enjoyable lifestyle with their diabetes.  You or your family member may have diabetes but this does not have to stop you from doing anything that you want to do!

InRange services include:

• Type 1 diabetes
• Type 1 in pregnancy
• Type 2 diabetes
• Gestational diabetes
• Insulin pump starts and upgrades
• type 2 diabetes and insulin pumps
• Pre-diabetes
• Remote diabetes education
• In-home consultation

At Eat Aware. dietitians have skills and experience in a wide variety of areas including -

• Chronic disease and obesity management 
• Diabetes
• Irritable bowel
• Food allergy and intolerance
• Coeliac disease
• Weight gain
• Nutrition support for Cancer
• Eating disorders

We provide a range of services which include:          

• Complete diet and lifestyle assessment
• Full diet analysis
• Personalised dietary advice
• Meal planning
• Home visits
• Electronic consults
• Group consults
• Supermarket tours
• Nursing home visits

 Service locations include Canberra City, Gungahlin, and Scullin.

We offer wide range of services which include:

• Nutrition & Dietary Assessments
• Nutrition Counselling
• Patient Education
• Nutrition Support

 We provide quality, evidence-based advice, services and support on all aspects of nutrition. We will work with you in order to identify your nutritional goals, and identify a plan with regards to achieving them.

Dietitians at Feed Your Future Dietetics can bring health, wellness and the correct dietary choices to your workplace, your home and family and your individual daily routine.

Dietitians are typically only available at clinics or private practices. At Feed Your Future Dietetics we want to make our services more accessible by coming to you. If you are an individual or family, we can meet you at your home, or a local coffee shop. We offer nutritional advice and educate you on the best choices for grocery shopping by taking you on a tour. We evaluate the nutrition available at workplaces to guide businesses and their staff towards a healthy life.

Australia as a population is in a health crisis. Many are unable to eat the right foods with unhealthy choices on easy reach for all. Feed Your Future Dietetics aims to address the nation's lack of knowledge on what to eat and drink, as well as the importance of exercise in an effort to reduce obesity, type two diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease.

Available services include -

• Family home nutrition evaluation
• Food shopping guidance
• Mobile Dietetic consultation
• Individual meal planning
• Fitness and nutrition educaton

Hydrotherapy is treatment carried out in a special purpose pool. The pool we use is in the Club MMM! Day Spa. After a detailed examination and discussion about your needs and goals, your physiotherapist will design an exercise / treatment programme for you. All your treatment sessions will be supervised by one of our physiotherapists.

The benefits of hydrotherapy are improved strength, flexibility and fitness. Increased levels of daily activity and motivation flow from these, as well as decreased pain in most cases.

Programmes will run for six weeks during which we will focus on achieving the goals we set at the initial assessment. We have a limited number of spaces available during our pool times for patients who have completed programmes and wish to continue without our supervision. We will let you know when you are ready for this.

When your treatment is completed we will give you a programme of exercises to ensure you retain the benefits of your time with us.

Functional Strength and Conditioning (FS&C) is a gym based exercise programme focussed on functional outcomes. FS&C training emphasises both strength and function and the body’s natural ability to move in six degrees of freedom. The program is designed, implemented and guided by clinically trained and experienced physiotherapists.

Who is it for?

• People wanting to reclaim their health
• People who want better muscular balance and stability
• People wanting to regain functional strength after injury, illness or returning to work
• People who want to perform daily activities more easily and avoid injuries
• People who are new to gym based exercise or may find traditional gyms uncomfortable or intimidating

The programme consists of exercise prescription, education and implementation. You learn and develop the skills to build and maintain a functional level of movement, fitness and health. After completing the supervised part of the programme you are equipped with the knowledge and skills to continue independently.