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According to the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, an estimated 12 million adults have been diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD), and many more may be living with the disease without knowing it. While there is no cure for COPD, there are treatments that can effectively ease symptoms, cut the risk of complications, and improve a patient’s quality of life. Visiting Angels is experienced at working with COPD patients and their family members to manage symptoms and ensure that the patient’s home is a safe and symptom-free environment.
Visiting Angels is committed to teaching patients with COPD the skills they need to manage their disease at home. Our Angels are dedicated to improving patients’ quality of life and preventing repeated hospitalizations due to COPD exacerbation. This involves the coordination of nursing and occupational therapy visits with COPD patients in their home.
Our experienced Angels administer respiratory needs. They also educate patients and their families on nutrition, medication and offer additional resources that can help them manage the disease.
The therapy component to our COPD home care service entails experienced Angels educating patients on breathing techniques that will minimize shortness of breath and other COPD-related signs of distress. Providing patients with energy conservation training and helping them organize their activities for daily living minimizes fatigue and maximizes independence. The home environment is also an important element that is taken into consideration in our COPD home care service. By administering home assessments, Visiting Angels is able to evaluate the home setting (e.g. furniture set-up, layout of rooms and walking paths) and make recommendations to improve in-home safety and make the home environment an easier terrain for homebound COPD patients.
Visiting Angels believes people with COPD can lead active and full lives. By diagnosing the disease early, treating symptoms, reducing the risk of complications and educating patients and families about COPD, our home care staff aims to improve patients’ quality of life. Our goal is to help people with COPD take charge of their breathing and regain or maintain control of their lives by becoming actively involved in the management of their disease.
Contact Visiting Angels to learn more about the benefits of in-home care for individuals with COPD.
Visiting Agels
800-365-4189 | www.visitingangels.com
