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Peer Support for Illness Groups: Enhancing Welfare and Empowerment

Explore the significance of peer support for individuals affected by illness, its benefits, and how to access it. Investigate the impact of illness on life changes and welfare, and the relationship between peer support and welfare services. Participants gain firsthand experiences, security, support, information, empathy, and encouragement, leading to increased exercise, understanding, and courage to face challenges. Peer support fosters a relaxed, shame-free atmosphere where shared experiences, assistance, and learning empower individuals to live with their conditions.

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Peer Support for Illness Groups: Enhancing Welfare and Empowerment

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  1. European Expert Meetingon Self-Help Support 04.09.2009Berlin Peer Support in Different Illness Groups Irja Mikkonen

  2. THE RESEARCH QUESTIONS • 1. WHAT DOES PEER SUPPORT FOR SUFFERERS ENTAIL? • 2. HOW DO THE CHANGES IN LIFE CAUSED BY AN ILLNESS AFFECT THE NEED FOR PEER SUPPORT, AND HOW CAN SUFFERERS OBTAIN PEER SUPPORT? • 3. WHAT IS THE SIGNIFICANCE OF PEER SUPPORT TO THE WELFARE OF SUFFERERS AND WHAT IS THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PEER SUPPORT AND THE WELFARE SERVICES?

  3. WHAT PARTICIPANTS GET FROM PEER SUPPORT INFORMATION AND ACTIVITIESSECURITY AND SUPPORT - INFORMATION ABOUT FOOD AND - HELPING THE SUFFERER TO GO ON MEDICINE - GETTING NECESSARY SUPPORT - FIRST-HAND EXPERIENCES OF ILLNESS - INEXPENSIVE REHABILITATION - INCREASED EXERCISE - BEING UNDERSTOOD - TRAVEL AND EXCURSIONS - EXPERT ASSISTANCE - GAMES INDOORS AND OUTDOORS - EMPATHY - SUPPORT IN EVERYDAY LIFE - KNOWLEDGE OF EQUIPMENT AND AIDS ENCOURAGEMENTRESOURCE - COURAGE TO LEAVE THE HOUSE - DISCUSSION AND LISTENING - ASSISTANCE FREE OF CHARGE - LEARNING ASSERTIVENESS - SHARED EXPERIENCES - LEARNING TO LIVE WITH HANDICAP - COURAGE TO TALK ABOUT THE ILLNESS - UNDERSTANDING - COURAGE TO ASK QUESTIONS - ALWAYS WELCOME - RELAXED ATMOSPHERE - NO NEED FOR SHAME - LAUGHTER - LEARNING TO ADJUST

  4. THANK YOU!!

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