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Sixteen complete DSMP Leader Training

Chris Graham

vpasheader0311Diabetes Self-Management Program (DSMP) Leader Training facilitated by Brandy Wade, Program Director at Waynesboro Senior Center and Joyce Nussbaum, Chronic Disease Self-Management Education Coordinator, was held at the Augusta Health Community Care Building July 17, 18, 21, & 22. Sixteen people completed the training including 6 participants from Harrisonburg, Rockingham (HR) and 10 from Staunton, Augusta, Waynesboro (SAW) including 3 Augusta Health employees. The evaluations from participants were very positive and many Leaders are already busy recruiting participants and planning for their first workshop.
This Leader Training was a funded in part through a grant from Augusta Health and many of the leaders are committed to leading a DSMP workshop this fall in SAW as projected in the grant proposal. A schedule of upcoming workshop locations and times will be announced soon.

More online at www.ValleyProgramforAgingServices.com.

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Chris Graham

Chris Graham

Chris Graham is the founder and editor of Augusta Free Press. A 1994 alum of the University of Virginia, Chris is the author and co-author of seven books, including Poverty of Imagination, a memoir published in 2019. For his commentaries on news, sports and politics, go to his YouTube page, TikTok, BlueSky, or subscribe to his Street Knowledge podcast. Email Chris at [email protected].

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