Virtual Program Options
NCHPAD Connect
NCHPAD Connect is an online community of health and wellness resources for people with mobility limitations. NCHPAD Connect gives you access to all kinds of individualized programs and personalized resources on mindfulness, exercise, nutrition, diet and weight management – all at no cost to you. We’ll also send you all the equipment you need to fully participate in our programs. Programs include the following:
MENTOR: Mindfulness, Exercise, Nutrition To Optimize Resilience (focuses on overall wellbeing)
GROWTH: Growing Resilience Out of Wellness and Thoughtful Habits (focuses on mindfulness)
SOS: State of Slim (focuses on weight loss)
Coffee Club: focuses on community and connections
Click the button below to enroll.
Fit With Us
The University of Alabama at Birmingham, in partnership with the Lakeshore Foundation and key stakeholders, has developed an online exercise platform for people with disabilities. The Fit With Us innovative program touches all types of online exercise delivery, such as recorded exercise videos, one-on-one live exercise training and group live exercise training. We also use health coaching to motivate you. When you join Fit With Us, you’ll receive a FitBit, and we’ll work with you to increase your activity levels. To join, you must live with a permanent physical disability, be at least 18 years old, have access to a computer or smartphone and have internet access. Download the flyer to learn more.
My Health, My Life, My Way
Start your journey to better health today! The My Health, My Life, My Way program is the first-ever online chronic condition management program inclusive of people with disabilities. When you join the program, you set goals, work with technology, and have access to a health coach to help you manage your condition. This program is for people with a mobility disability who also have a chronic condition such as a heart condition, lung condition, diabetes, or arthritis.
Contact for more information on this program.
My Health, My Life, My Way Website
Your Mental Health Matters
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is an emerging, evidence-based, psychotherapy approach that can improve mental health through mindfulness, acceptance processes and behavior change. Lakeshore Foundation is helping to recruit for this remote study. Researchers at the University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB) are conducting a free mental health program for individuals who acquired a spinal cord injury within the last five years. Your mental health matters! Download the flyer to learn more.
