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:
- Mythbusters & Introduction to COPD, Dr. Kathleen Kozak, MD and Czamira “Maya” Alba Nordstrom, NP
- Bronchiectasis & Nontuberculosis Mycobacteria (NTM), John Torrence, COPD Foundation Board member
- Pelvic Health and Incontinenance Prevention, Deborah Weber, PT, MPT, PRPC, www.hawaiipelvictherapy.com
- Sleep and COPD, Valerie Cacho, MD, www.sleeplifemed.com
- Treatments for COPD, Annie Ton Madar, PharmD, Queen’s West
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 January, 2023, we have also been holding zoom and in-person support group meetings at Straub Library, 888 S. King Street, in basement, down the hall from the Straub Lung Center, Strode-Milnor wing. They will move to NEW DAY, 2nd Wednesdays, 10-noon, HST. More details will be on calendar. Please register so reminders will be sent to you. A map and directory of the Straub campus is here. November meeting will be ZOOM ONLY on WEDNESDAY, November 8, 10-noon HST and thereafter, meetings are always 2nd Wednesdays!
Zoom meetings on 2nd, 3rd and 4th Tuesdays of the month at Right2Breathe and on the calendar; some of the past ones are archived. EventBrite will allow registrations near date of meetings.
COPD Resources
COPD Foundation has a treasury of information! Click on the “Learn More” tab for resources and information. Click on the COPD360Social tab for a message board with over 55,000 active users including patients, caregivers and providers. There are other tabs with great resources as well.
COPD Pocket Consultant Guide
FREE interactive COPD Pocket Consultant Guide (PCG) app which is frequently updated is now available for download on iPhone and Android.
American Lung Association is offering several free programs to help folks. One is “Living Well with a Chronic Lung disease.” More information in this article. Call for more information, 1-800-LUNGUSA, 1-800-586-4872.
FREE COPD Caregiver Toolkit: for an article about this resource and to download your toolkit.
Mask Resources–for people who still want to protect themselves from viruses and infections, mechanical engineer with a background in aerosol science Aaron Collins @masknerd has lots of great information and videos about masks. He has a free google spreadsheet where he evaluates over 700 masks, with information about where they can be purchased. Family Masks is one seller which currently offers free shipping for purchases of $100 or more. (Savewo Ultra 3D are pretty comfortable and highly rated by Aaron Collins for breathability.)
Oxygen Therapy
Help get oxygen reform and learn more at www.hawaiicopd.org/learn-more-about-oxygen/
There’s even a great bill, SOAR (S 3821/HR 7829) in both houses of Congress now—help share the word, www.a.lung.org/NN2S4wi!
COPD Pocket Consultant Guide
FREE interactive COPD Pocket Condultant Guide (PCG) app which is frequently updated is now available for download. IOS: www.tinyurl.com/y5fahsqg Android: www.tinyurl.com/y47do5qm. It’s a great resource for patients, caregivers and providers.
Donations Information about donating is on www.hawaiicopd.org/resources/donate. PayPal pays all costs through their Donor Advised Fund when you donate with PayPal. Just for September, you can contribute through Foodland’s Give Aloha Program, program 78740, and Foodland will match a portion of your donation.
A printable version (no hot links) of the Summer 2024 Update is available upon request (see below). Just send an email to hicopd@gmail.com.
