Topic of the Month April: Support Groups

 
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I am not alone! When people with the same problem give support and advice to each other the world immediately looks a bit sunnier. And if they want they can achieve a lot more. Which function self-help plays in Germany and how to meet others is shown in the Topic of the Month April: Support Groups.

A sudden illness, a disability or another stroke of fate – sometimes the burden on one’s shoulders gets to heavy. Then it is helpful to exchange experiences with other people with the same problem. Like for example in a self-help group. And it is not that complicated building such a group.
- A Problem Shared Is a Problem Halved

Together we are stronger – several thousand self-help groups in Germany work with this motto. By this way they got a better hearing from the health care system. REHACARE.de talked with Ursula Helms, managing director of the National Clearing House for the Encouragement and Support of Self-Help Groups (NAKOS) about a generation which wants to achieve something and therefore has some work to do.
- “In future, patients and physicians have to work together more closely.“ – Ursula Helms about the influence of self-help in Germany

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