COPD and Breathlessness

The COPD and Breathlessness free course aims to equip people living with COPD and breathlessness with the confidence, skills and motivation to manage their condition effectively and take control of their lives.

What is the EPP CIC COPD and Breathlessness Course?

The COPD and Breathlessness free course aims to equip people living with COPD and breathlessness with the confidence, skills and motivation to manage their condition effectively and take control of their lives.

Practicalities

The course is delivered by trained and accredited facilitators with experience of living with COPD over six weekly sessions, each lasting two-and-a-half hours.

How can it help you?

By taking part in a COPD and Breathlessness course you will:

• Reduce feelings of isolation and depressions
• Increase confidence, energy and self-esteem
• Improve relationships with family and friends
• Learn to pace daily activities of living and make time for relaxation
• Share experiences with others in a similar situation
• Improve medication management
• Learn ways to recognise triggers and deal with flare-ups
• Improve quality of life

What course participants say

Susan - Stoke-on-Trent

“From my first session on the EPP CIC course I felt great relief. I would love to go on the course again!”

Susan, from the Cheadle area of Stoke-on-Trent, was diagnosed with Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) in 2004, which came as a complete shock.

The condition, which left doctors puzzled at first, left the grandmother of five short of breath and energy and dependant on daily inhalers.

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