7:30am Tuesday 19th April 2011

A FREE course to help improve the life of carers is starting up at the Abbey Medical Centre at Merstow Green, in Evesham, from May 31.

‘Looking after me’ is an Expert Patients’ Programme course aimed at carers looking after someone living with a long term condition or disability. The course aims to help carers make time for themselves, and look after their own health needs.

It is being run by Worcestershire Primary Care Trust (PCT) and will take place on Tuesdays from 10.30am until 1pm from May 31 to July 5.

Project support manager Annette Jaep said: “Many carers can often suffer with tense muscles, pain, stress/anxiety, depression, fatigue and dealing with difficult emotions on a day-to-day basis.

“The Looking After Me course is aimed at people who are caring for someone else with an illness or disability and whose health is affected by this.”

The course will be run by experienced volunteers and aims to give people self-help skills, confidence to take more control of their lives and the opportunity to share experiences within a small friendly group.

For more information call Annette Jaep on 01527 507055.

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