Self-Management

• “Chronic illness does not present a uniform set of problems inviting a uniform response.” (Newbold, Taylor, & Bury, 2006)

• Although many concerns are common across conditions, there are always individually unique concerns and differences between groups

• Self-Management is uniquely and specifically applied and person-focused

• Different from Patient Education (imparting illness-specific information and technical skills),

• Self-management is a comprehensive, multidimensional framework of self-care and skill building, incorporating elements of illness treatment management, relationships with health care and providers, and coping or QOL.