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Better Living with COPD – A Patient Guide

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Better Living with COPD: A Patient Guide (Second Edition) has been developed to support people with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease to better understand their condition and the steps they can take to better manage COPD.  While it has been developed for the person with COPD, families and carers will also find it useful, as will health professionals caring for those with COPD.  This second edition includes useful new or revised chapters on Medication, Preventing and Managing a Flare Up, Intimacy, Travel, COPD and Other Related Conditions and Legal Issues.

Copies of Better Living can be purchased for $15 plus postage.  To order your copy email us on enquiries@lungfoundation.com.au or call us on 1800 654 301 or download the Resource Order Form.

Contents by Chapter

  1. Introduction
  2. The Lungs
  3. Lung Conditions
  4. Lung Function Tests
  5. Your role in managing your COPD
  6. Stopping smoking and preventing a relapse
  7. Knowing your medication
  8. Using your inhalation devices
  9. Preventing and managing a flare up
  10. Introduction to Pulmonary Rehabilitation
  11. Exercise and physical activity
  12. Breathlessness, breathing control and energy conservation
  13. Airway clearance: keeping your lungs clear
  14. Home Oxygen Therapy
  15. Healthy eating
  16. COPD and swallowing
  17. COPD and other related conditions
  18. Managing stress, anxiety and depression
  19. Intimacy and COPD
  20. Travel and COPD
  21. Legal Issues
  22. Community support services
  23. Frequently asked questions
  24. Resources and support available from the Lung Foundation
  25. References

Information for Chapter 21: Legal Issues has been provided by Turner Freeman Lawyers.

To access legal advice about these issues, you can call: Turner Freeman Lawyers on 1800 683 928 or the Queensland Law Society on 1300 367 757 or email today.

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