Year: 2022

ARCHIVED LINKS ARE HERE for 16th Annual FREE Zoom COPD Education Day, Friday!

Hawaii COPD Coalition Contact

For folks interested, here are the archived links: The Hawaii COPD Coalition’s 16th Annual COPD Education Day: COPD Introduction and Updates – YouTube The Hawaii COPD Coalition’s 16th Annual COPD Education Day: Coexisting Conditions with COPD – YouTube The Hawaii COPD Coalition’s 16th Annual COPD Education Day: Sleep Apnea and COPD – YouTube To refresh … Read more

Free COPD Caregiver Toolkit

The Respiratory Health Association (RHA) created the FREE COPD Caregiver’s Toolkit in 2017 to support informal caregivers of people living with COPD. The National Heart Lung & Blood Institute (NHLBI) worked with RHA to help create a digital form of this Toolkit to provide greater access to caregivers everywhere. The FREE toolkit is available here: https://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/resources/copd-caregivers-toolkit-modules

The toolkit is in handy modules that can be used and reviewed as needed. It can make life better for patients and loved ones.

Donate through PayPal Giving Fund, via check and Foodland’s GiveAloha Program

PayPal Giving Fund Hawaii COPD Coalition has joined the PayPal Giving Fund program.  When you donate through the PayPal Giving Fund, 100% of the donation goes to the charity you have selected–no deductions, no fees.  More information about this program is here. Credit cards and debit cards are accepted. There is no cost to participate in this … Read more

COPD Support Groups for 2022-2023

Due to COVID infections, we are still having COPD Support Group Meetings via zoom. Meeting times and dates for 2022 COPD support group meetings are online at ZOOM–2nd Tuesdays and 2nd Fridays of every month through October, 10am-noon, plus 2nd Friday in November and December Hawaii Standard Time (HST). Details, including zoom link are on … Read more

World Bronchiectasis Day was July 1

The first World Bronchiectasis Day was held on July 1, 2022, and will be on July 1 every year forward. It is to help increase awareness of this treatable condition, as well as share information on ways to reduce the burden this condition causes to patients and their loved ones worldwide. Watch this great short … Read more

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