This page contains useful resources for managing long covid symptoms yourself. You can find specific support under the following relevant sections:
- General Information
- Mental Health
- Fatigue
- Physical Health
- Nutrition and Dietetics
- Return to work
General Information on long covid syndrome for patients
- This provides general information on the signs and symptoms of long (post) Covid.
Your COVID Recovery | Supporting your recovery after COVID-19
- This provides general information about the effects of long (post) Covid, the signs and symptoms, how it is assessed and planning your care. It is provided in other languages and formats including audio, easy read and BSL.
Long COVID overview | Long-term effects of COVID-19 (nhsinform.scot)
- This provides health information on a variety of topics (including post covid) in different languages & formats for patients– including BSL, Easy Read and Translations
Translations (nhsinform.scot)
- This is a general resource sheet for Long (post) Covid patients written by NWL SERV_INT_2275_PostCovidRecovery_A5_20pp_CNWL_WEB.pdf
Mental Health
- Set of leaflets for helping with the self-management of mental health covering; anxiety, sleep, low mood and brain fog
- This has lots of self help resources for mental health issues, mainly information sheets and work sheets, with some videos. It contains a long list of topics e.g. worry, stress, CBT & sleep. Getselfhelp.co.uk
- This has lots of self help resources for mental health issues, including more detailed work books with modules you can work through. It contains a long list of topics and has a section for carers and clinicians.
https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Overview - This is a citywide movement to improve MH and wellbeing for all Londoners and reduce inequalities. It is involved in projects focused on these aims. It has information on training and webinars related to wellbeing, information on translated resources, and links for different communities (LGBTQ+, racialised communities, young Londoners, older Londoners, those with mental health difficulties).Home - Thrive LDN : Thrive LDN
- Some self help resources, including videos (e.g. on worries and anxiety, sleep, stress, low mood and depression, loneliness). A general focus on wellbeing. Includes a sections on job and money worries, issues related to coronavirus specifically and caring for others. Includes a mind plan quiz which results in personalised tips and suggestions.
Every Mind Matters - NHS (www.nhs.uk)
- Good thinking – ‘digital mental wellbeing for London’ – sections on wellbeing within different faiths, and leaflets available in different languages. Links between wellbeing and covid-19. Signposting to different resources, apps, podcasts, videos, webinars, workbooks
www.good-thinking.uk
Fatigue
- Within this Covid Recovery website there are three useful guides:
‘Practical advice for people who have been treated in hospital’
‘Practical advice for people who have recovered at home’
'Practical advice for people during and after having COVID-19'
- Advice & support to help people understand how and why we sleep
Adults - The Sleep Charity
- Information on managing the effects on memory and thinking
Memory and Concentration | Your COVID Recovery
- Post-Exertional Malaise in Post COVID-19 Recovery and Finding your “Energy Envelope”
www.phsa.ca/health-info-site/Documents/post_covid-19_Post-Exertional_Malaise.pdf
- This is a diary people can use to help monitor their activity and rest
ActivityRestDiary.pdf (getselfhelp.co.uk)
- Clear guidance on how to set goals and a sheet to write your goals on
Setting SMART Goals (getselfhelp.co.uk)
- Practical day to day help app with tools to use
Home | Spoonie Day
Physical Health
- This has a variety of resources on “good breathing” techniques. It provides both written resources and a host of videos
Self Help - Physiotherapy for breathing pattern disorders (physiotherapyforbpd.org.uk)
- Information for both patients and clinicians. It is mainly leaflets that are offered but there is podcast on covid vs non-Covid POTS
Home - PoTS UK
- Information on loss of smell and taste. There is mainly written information, but they also have regular webinars you can watch on their YouTube channel
Covid-19 and Anosmia (abscent.org)
- This website provides images of possible skins signs of Covid-19. No written information provided
Home | Covid-19 Skin Conditions (covidskinsigns.com)
Nutrition & Dietetics
- There are a series of talks/videos about nutrition & covid recovery
www.plymouth.ac.uk/research/dietetics-and-health/covid-knowledge-hub/nutrition-and-covid-19-recovery-talks
- This website has information for patients
COVID-19 recovery and your diet - University of Plymouth
- This website has a section on multicultural nutrition, it contains resources & recipes for people from a variety of backgrounds including African Caribbean & South Asian
NHS Forth Valley – Multicultural Nutrition
Return to work / vocational rehab
- This leaflet is relevant to those who in a job already and for those are looking for work or starting a new job
COVID-19_return_to_work_guide_for_recovering_workers.pdf (som.org.uk)
- Returning to work with ongoing COVID-19 symptoms: Guidance for employee and managers
www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLfPD5ilcfEbit6R2OgezYD9YeNvnniSyb
- Return to Work after COVID, Support for individuals
Return To Work after COVID – Support for Individuals
- Podcasts and webinars on returning to work and other issues
www.som.org.uk/som-webinars & www.som.org.uk/som-podcast
- Video developed by an OT at the University Hospitals of Derby on Long COVID recovery, return to work, managing at work and advice for managers on supporting staff
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fHeLbDo40U&list=PLfPD5ilcfEbit6R2OgezYD9YeNvnniSyb
- Guidance for individuals requiring support in work for a disability or health condition (Access to Work)
www.gov.uk/access-to-work
- Guidance on reasonable adjustments under the Equality Act 2010
www.citizensadvice.org.uk/work/discrimination-at-work/taking-action/asking-your-employer-for-changes-to-help-if-youre-disabled/