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
COPD Book: An excellent resource for anyone interested in learning to live with and manage COPD is published by Lung Foundation Australia and Queensland Health, 3rd edition of “Better Living with COPD.” It includes information on medicine, inhalers, preventing and managing flare ups, pulmonary rehabilitation, exercise and physical activity, breathlessness, breathing exercises, airway clearance, home … Read more
People with chronic lung conditions and those over 60 are considered particularly at risk of getting severely ill if infected with the novel coronavirus, according to the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Such people should be especially careful to socially distance and avoid crowds. Here are some tools to help: For Groceries There’s a new Hawaii nonprofit … Read more
There are free brochures and guidebooks about a range of topics that you can download in English and Spanish from the American College of Physicians, including an excellent handbook on COPD with photographs. The link is here. You can also see free videos about health topics including COPD here.
Here’s a comprehensive, interesting article about Home Remodeling for Disabilities, with lots of resources and sites for additional information.
COPD360social is an online community sponsored by the COPD Foundation for folks affected by COPD including patients, family members, caregivers, physicians and other healthcare providers. It is free and open to anyone interested. More information is here.
Come and join us at our monthly support group meetings facilitated by an experienced respiratory therapist and lung health educator, with frequent guest speakers on a variety of health topics. Supplies and light refreshments are provided; meetings are free and open to the public. Kaiser Honolulu Meetings Kaiser Honolulu, 1010 Pensacola from 10am-noon every 2nd Friday, 2014-2015. $3 … Read more
The Hawaii COPD Coalition will be continuing to have numerous support group meetings throughout 2014. If this may interest you, please come – the events are FREE and open to the public. Come enjoy the food, fellowship and information about thriving with emphysema, chronic bronchitis or chronic asthma, also known as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease … Read more
