Holidays for people with diabetes

WELLNESS HOLIDAYS FROM HEAD TO TOE

mind, body, and soul for people with diabetes and other chronic or life-threatening illnesses in the heart of the Bavarian Alps.

View of Hopfen Lake

DIABETES AND OTHER CHRONIC or LIFE-THREATENING ILLNESSES ARE FAMILY AFFAIRS !

All members of the family confronted with serious illnesses must deal with things which do not concern other families. "VACATION IN PARADISE" is a holiday program for "Empowerment" and strengthening of families in which diabetes and other chronic or life-threatening illnesses exist.

"Vacation in Paradise"

is a unique vacation program with psychological support to empower families with diabetes and other chronic and life-threatening illnesses

• to identity and deal with issues all families living with such illnesses have
• to identity and deal with individual problems specific to your family
• to identity and deal with issues specific to the partner of a person with such illnesses
• to discuss and experiment in a supportive environment alternative ways of dealing with issues related to your illness
• to gain insights into how others cope
• to practice new coping skills during your vacation
• to discuss and deal with the effects and feelings these alternatives trigger

Empowerment

GET YOU AND YOUR FAMILY ON THE ROAD TO SOLUTIONS !

Determine what you and your family can and wants to do now and Do it
Recognize what needs longer-term work and get started on it

We are an American family which has lived for more than 40 years with the problems and challenges presented by diabetes. More than 30 of those years we have lived with it in Germany. From our own experience, we know how difficult it is to handle the fears of diabetic complications. Dr. Jeffrey Schevitz has had type 1 diabetes since 1958 and has been using an insulin pump since 1988. In every phase of his life as a professor, research scientist, family therapist, and as a father of three children it was a challenge to maintain his diabetes under control. We have learned to adapt our family matters, our professional life, our food and our healthy daily routines accordingly and still have a lot of fun together. We love skating on Hopfen Lake in winter and rowing on it in summer. Riding a bike, inline skating, walking and mountain hikes are other activities which we enjoy together. Jeff plays the trumpet and Bea paints.

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• Where is the paradise ?
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• Medical care
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