Support Groups

COPD Newsletter Fall 2026

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Lots of great new developments for better lung health! We had our 20th Annual COPD Education Day on Friday, September 4, 2026, “20 Years of Better Breathing!” and will be uploading the video as soon as we finish editing it and adding closed captioning. Thanks to our wonderful speakers, sponsors, exhibitors and volunteers, especially Kapiolani … Read more

Oxygen Update

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Supplemental Oxygen is the way our body can get more oxygen when our lungs just cannot produce enough. There are tanks of oxygen (like those used by scuba divers) and also concentrators, which take the nitrogen out of room air and give users more oxygen when they breathe. Both methods are widely available and can … Read more

20th Annual COPD Education Day

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Save the date–Friday, September 4, 2026 for our 20th Annual COPD Education Day, “20 Years of Better Breathing!” Topics will include: Mythbusters (Intro to COPD, NTM & Bronchiecatsis); Advances in COPD Treatments; Complementary COPD Treatments; Exercising When You Can’t Breathe; Expanding Horizons (Travel); and What’s Reliable Medical Info and What’s Not? It will be both … Read more

Summer 2024 Update

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Please join us for our 18th Annual COPD Education Day at Queen’s Conference Center and via zoom–save the date, Friday, September 6, 2024! Register here: www. hawaiicopd.org/hawaii-copd-event-registration/ Topics will include:  COPD Support Group Meetings are held throughout the year! See the calendar for more details and sign up to receive reminders and notifications. Starting in … Read more

Free COPD Resources!

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The American Lung Association has some exciting programs, including “Living Well with a Chronic Lung Disease,” where you can have 5 weekly telephone conversations with a respiratory therapist and get a free booklet with that title. Call for more information about that and other programs at 1-800-LUNGUSA, 1-800-586-4872.

The Respiratory Health Association (RHA) created the 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.

18th Annual COPD Education Day

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Save the date—Friday, September 6, 2024 for our 18th Annual COPD Education Day, “Living our Best Lives!” Topics will include: Mythbusters & Intro to COPD; Bronchiectasis and Non-Tuberculosis Mycobacteria; Pelvic Health and Incontinence Prevention; COPD, Sleep and Apnea; and Treatments for COPD from a pharmacist’s point of view. It will be both live and via … Read more

COPD Support Groups for 2022-2023

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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

Support Groups Continue at Kaiser and Pali Momi

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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

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