Chronic Illness Management: Anti-Stigma Workshop for Families

This presentation discusses an anti-stigma workshop for families with chronic illness management. It covers the goals, planned activities, and communication strategies to overcome barriers. The workshop is conducted for two consecutive days with a family of five members. The resources needed include a computer, wifi, and management chart. The workshop is conducted in a seminar hall by a psychiatrist. The presentation also highlights the importance of effective communication training for old people and their family members. The planned activities include storytelling and introducing family stigma and stigma interventions into the curriculum activity. The presentation concludes with the importance of cooperative designs to help relatives in managing stigma.

CHRONIC ILLNESS
MANAGEMENT

Stigma is a false thought that can prompt deceived
convictions that may bring about unsafe activities towards
undeserving individuals. (Griffiths et al., 2013)
In order to perform anti-stigma, Workshop is conducted
with a family having 5 members and the workshop is
done for consecutive 2 days.

The resources which are needed :
Computer, Wifi and management chart.
Workshop should be conducted in a seminar hall.
Workshop overview
Workshop should be conducted by the psychiatrist with the
family members to perform the anti stigma program.
Mental illness stigma experienced by their family members
as well. (Kurtz, Draper & Silverman, 2016)
Communication strategy

Goals for the workshop
• To provide better service to the old people.
• To provide better service, the workshop need to
focus on the understanding of better and effective
communication training to old people and their
family members. (Gela & Corrigan, 2014)
Planned activities and barriers
Workshop help reduce stigma through
storytelling.
Barriers that the old people faces while in the workshop is that:
• Workshop continues too long for someone.
• Effective communication is not prevalent.
• Many of the old people face sensory loses.

Planned activities
(contd..)
Psychiatry training program may find useful to introduce family stigma
and the stigma interventions into the curriculum activity.
And
Family To Family Education Program (Zarit, & Zarit, 2015)
And
finally,
THE PROVIDER EDUCATION PROGRAM

The activities which are taken to overcome the barriers :
• Workshop should contain many intervals.
• Family members should console old people for effective
communication.
• Psychologist and the doctors should remain stand to
recover sensory loses.
Data required:
The number of people in the intervention.
History of all the members of the family especially the older ones.
Medical conditions if any.
The methods which are applied to gather the data:
Prior to the intervention proper investigation should be analysed.
Psychologist should be accompanied in time of data collection.

Conclusion
• It can be concluded hereby, that the presentation highlighted
points relevant to the training goals of the workshop.
• Cooperative designs should join the techniques to help the
relatives in managing stigma.
• Psychiatrists worked with anti-stigma
programmes and added them in assessing their
programmes and incorporating the changes to
improve the outcomes.

References
Gela, N. R., & Corrigan, P. W. (2014). The stigma of
families with mental illness. Family problems:
Stress, risk, and resilience, 33-45.
Griffiths, A., Knight, A., Harwood, R., & Gladman, J.
R. (2013). Preparation to care for confused older
patients in general hospitals: a study of UK health
professionals. Age and ageing, 43(4), 521-527.
Kurtz, S., Draper, J., & Silverman, J. (2016). Skills for
communicating with patients. CRC Press.
Zarit, S. H., & Zarit, J. M. (2015). Family caregiving.
In Psychology and Geriatrics (pp. 21-43).