Chronic pain affects one in five Canadian adults.
It's National Pain Awareness Week and Pain BC is launching a program to help people in pain, along with their families, connect with resources other than a doctor's office.
Pain BC and Basics for Health Society partnered to create Basics for Health (B4H).
The free program deals with common challenges like filing income tax statements, child or elder care services, and employment security.
"Chronic pain can be a debilitating condition that can reduce a person's ability to complete even the simplest tasks," said Health Minister Terry Lake in a recent news release. "The launch of this new program builds on the valuable work Pain BC is already doing to engage with patients and health care providers to improve supports and resources for B.C.'s chronic pain patients."
For more information visit www.basicsforhealthsociety.ca.
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