Color-Coded Symptom Zone Handout for Chronic Disease Patients

Create a self-management plan for a patient with [chronic condition, e.g., Type 2 diabetes, heart failure, COPD, hypertension]. The patient is [age], works as a [occupation], has [relevant lifestyle factors], and their current barriers to management are [list barriers: cost, time, understanding, motivation, side effects]. The plan should include: daily monitoring tasks with specific targets, medication adherence strategies tailored to their schedule, dietary recommendations that are practical given their lifestyle, exercise recommendations appropriate for their condition and fitness level, a symptom action plan (green/yellow/red zones with specific actions for each), when to call the office vs go to the ER, and a 30-day goal-setting worksheet with one achievable goal per week. Write it as a handout the patient takes home.