Long Term Illness
A session for healthcare professionals who are supporting or would like to understand how to support performing arts professionals with long term illnesses.
A long term illness is a condition which currently doesn’t have a cure. Instead, they are managed with medicines and other treatments. For example: arthritis, asthma, diabetes, epilepsy, angina, heart failure, and high blood pressure (hypertension). About 15 million people in England have a long-term condition.
This session will explore how healthcare professionals can support performing arts professionals with long term illnesses from diagnosis through their career. This could include exploring considerations around working and touring, rest and protecting against boom and bust patterns of behaviour and providing tools such as healthy tour riders.
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BAPAM’s expert-led training events are ideal for healthcare and education practitioners working in the performing arts who wish to deepen their understanding and enhance their skills. We explore research, evidence and practice to treat and prevent common and complex health problems specific to artists, creators and performance professionals. We share knowledge and invite discussion on key topics in current performing arts medicine practice. Our approach is multidisciplinary: physiological and psychological care for healthy and sustainable creative practice.
Online sessions are held on the last Wednesday of the month from 7pm BST. Most sessions are recorded for ticket holders who cannot attend on the day (please check the event description).