COMPASS aims to support people with long-term physical health conditions. Long-term conditions are illnesses that may not be curable. People live with and manage these health conditions for a long time which can be challenging and can affect wellbeing.
Examples of long-term conditions are:
- Diabetes
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Kidney Disease
- Rheumatoid Arthritis
- Osteoarthritis
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Coronary heart disease
- Cancer
- Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.
Note: this is not an extensive list and COMPASS is also suitable for other long-term conditions.
COMPASS is designed to help people adjust to living with long-term conditions and improve mental and physical health self-management. It is based on challenges that are common across long-term conditions. This means it can be used by everyone, regardless of which long-term condition they have.
“I was able to use the skills I gained from COMPASS to give me the courage to speak about my fears… Using COMPASS gave me permission to move on and accept that my life before my long-term condition won’t come back, but that life afterwards is different and that’s ok.” (COMPASS user)
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