Taking Charge

Taking Charge is an ambitious new training program designed to teach people with chronic conditions like heart disease, diabetes and arthritis how to manage their conditions. Self-management is a key to living a healthy life.

Research shows that people who take this program — developed at Stanford University and taught worldwide — improve their healthful behaviors and decrease their days in the hospital. An early focus of the Nevada program will be on sight-robbing macular degeneration.

How it works

Participants attend 2½-hour-long workshops one day a week for six weeks. The workshops are offered throughout the year at various locations in Nevada. Each workshop is facilitated by two trained leaders.     

To participate

Anyone with a chronic condition or anyone who lives with a person with a chronic condition can participate in the workshops.

Anyone with an interest in teaching others to manage their conditions can participate in the leader training. 

For cost and other information, call (775) 784-4774 or email.

Sponsors

This program is made possible by grants from the Nevada State Health Division, Washoe County District Health Department and the Doyle Charitable Fund at the Community Foundation of Western Nevada

Faculty and staff

Susan G. Harris, M.S., M.A.
Project Director,
Nevada Care Connection

LuAnne Steininger, B.S.
Wellness Coordinator