Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease Education Program

COPD patients are provided with ongoing monitoring, education, and self-management tools. The ongoing education includes disease self-management, nutrition awareness and monitoring, education with specific exercises to reduce the work of breathing, education plan to cope with chest infections and help reduce frequency of hospitalizations, vaccinations, smoking cessation counselling, inhaler education and techniques, day-to-day quality of life management, end of life care issues, and education with community resources such as the Pulmonary Rehab Program in North Bay.