The Faith Community Nurse Network provides training and support to faith community nurses to lead Living Well with Chronic Pain in their congregations and other community settings.
Our Living Well with Chronic Pain (LWCP) program is a small-group workshop for people age 60+ who have a diagnosis of chronic pain. Also known as Chronic Pain Self-Management Program, LWCP offers strategies that will give participants the confidence, motivation, and skills needed to manage living with chronic pain. Topics include managing fatigue, pain, isolation, communication techniques, evaluating new treatments, improving physical health, and more. Workshops are highly participatory, where mutual support helps to build participants’ confidence in their ability to maintain active and fulfilling lives.
Research has found that people who complete a Living Well workshop:
- Feel healthier and have a better quality of life
- Experience less pain
- Are less dependent on others for day-to-day living
- Improve their mental health
- Feel greater life satisfaction
What is a LWCP workshop?
- Small group workshop with 12 – 16 participants
- 2 ½ hour sessions, 1 session each week for 6 weeks
- Held in comfortable community settings
- Participants with chronic pain attend together
- Participants receive a book, “Living a Healthy Life with Chronic Pain” along with a “Moving Easy” CD
- Led by two trained leaders, one or both of whom have chronic pain
Become a Leader
Become a Living Well with Chronic Pain Leader with the Faith Community Nurse Network and learn how to lead this single session, small group chronic pain management program for older adults
Resources for Leaders
Resources for planning and leading your Living Well with Chronic Pain workshop can be found on a separate password-protected webpage. The tools and resources in this section of the website are for FCNN Leaders.
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Become a Leader
Join our email list if you would like to receive information as it becomes available. You can also contact us directly to be added to an interest list for the training.
Questions?
If you have questions about bringing a Living Well with Chronic Pain workshop to your community, becoming a leader, or would just like additional information about the program, contact Sam Sleeman, our Executive Director, at Sam@fcnntc.org and 651-204-0904.
Resources for Leaders
Resources for planning and leading your Living Well with Chronic Pain course.
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“This class was well done and should be offered again – thanks so much.”
-Program Participant
Our evidence-based programs are supported by funding from the Live Well at Home grant from the Minnesota Department of Human Services. This program is also funded under contract with Trellis, Inc. as part of the Older Americans Act Program. We support evidence-based programs in partnership with Juniper, a statewide network of healthcare providers, health plans, housing providers, and community based organizations, all dedicated to improving the health of the communities we serve — together.
