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Alberta Health Services (AHS) provides a variety of classes open to people in the Edmonton Zone through their Alberta Healthy Living Program. You can find the class options listed on their Education page here.
The AHS Community Adult Chronic Disease Management Program has a current patient calendar with details on offerings.
Listed below are the Fall 2022 AHS class offerings. You can also check out their handy “Find the Right Workshop” tool.
Nutrition, physical activity and stress affect your life, especially when living with ongoing health concerns. These workshops will help you discover changes and strategies to help you live healthier. You will learn techniques to control your symptoms, strategies for talking with your health care team, methods for dealing with difficult emotions, options for making your everyday tasks easier, and more.
For those adults living with, or supporting someone, with chronic pain. Explore ways to take care of yourself to enjoy a better quality of life. Include techniques to control pain (relaxation), tips for talking to your health care team, how to make every day tasks easier, dealing with feelings like fear, anger or frustration.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To Register: Call 825-404-7460, press 3
Overview of Diabetes: What happens with Type 2 Diabetes – Cardio(heart), liver, and kidney effects. Triangle Concept: How Diabetes management includes all 3 strategies: Healthy Eating, Physical Activi-ty, and Medication. Blood Glucose (BG) and “A1C”: What are they, and their targets, Importance of testing, BG readings. Health Care Team: Health check resources and best times to have them done.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To Register: Call AHS at 825-404-7460, press 1
Type 2 Diabetes: Blood glucose (BG) measures and monitoring, Medications commonly prescribed for Diabetes, and how they help with BG. Sick Day Management: Tips to stay safe when sick or dehydrated (low intake of fluid) with Diabetes. Health Checks: Why having health checks is important in Type 2 Diabetes management, including important observation and screening to prevent serious Diabetes complications .
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To Register: Call AHS at 825-404-7460, press 1
This class introduces the foundation of healthy eating for Diabetes. Join a Registered Dietitian to learn about what are carbohydrates, meal timing and spacing, balanced meals and portions, healthy snacks for Diabetes, the importance of fibre and choosing healthy fats.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To Register: Call AHS at 825-404-7460, press 1
This class is for developing skills for healthy eating with diabetes, as well as adding ideal healthy eating strategies into daily life. AHS highly recommends participants take the first class (Healthy Eating); however, it is not required.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To Register: Call AHS at 825-404-7460, press 1
In this class, you will learn how many grams of carbohydrate to eat at meals and snacks, the carbohydrate content of various foods, and how to add up those foods to create meals. You will also learn how to read labels to know the carbohydrate content in foods.
This class builds on the healthy eating strategies that participants learned in Healthy Eating Basics for Diabetes.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460, press 1
Learn how to lower your risk for Type 2 Diabetes through healthy eating, exercise, and weight management.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460, press 1
(3 session series)
Learn principles of effective weight management. Learn how to increase your physical activity, manage calories and nutrition, and develop healthier habits.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460 press 2
(3 session series)
Learn how to plan meals, develop a structured physical activity plan, and how to deal with thoughts and feelings that affect behavior change.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460, press 2
(3 session series)
Learn how to manage eating away from home, increase knowledge of how to overcome challenges and maintain positive habit changes, and learn about current medication and surgical treatment options.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460, press 2
(2 session series)
Understand the impact of stress and learn steps to build awareness of your stressors. Learn practical stress-management skills to create an effective stress management plan. For any adult or caregiver of adults with any chronic illness.
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 825-404-7460 press 3
This 4-week program is for adults who are motivated to take action on improving brain health and maintaining an active mind. You will learn: how brains change as a result of lifestyle and health conditions; new ways to improve brain health; and how to set goals for day-to-day life that can benefit brain health.
Nov 24, Dec 1, 8, 15 (1:00 – 3:30 p.m.)
AHS, Virtual on Zoom
To register: Call 780-342-8302
Sept 12, 19, 26, Oct 3 (1:00 – 3:30 p.m.)
Lois Hole Edmonton Public Library
To register: Call 780-342-8302
Sept 20, 27, Oct 4, 11 (9:00 – 11:30 a.m.)
Central Lions Seniors Association
To Register: Call 780-496-7369
Nov 1, 8, 15, 22 (9:30 a.m. – 12 noon)
South East Edmonton Seniors Association
To register: Call 780-342-8302
STEP Forward is a physical conditioning program delivered in a group setting. In-person sessions are 8 weeks. Online sessions are 10 weeks.
For more information, call 780-735-3483.
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