Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) Program - Cowichan
Condition Specific Support and Home Health Care
Provided by Island Health
Provides COPD assessment, education and COPD flare-up support for people with COPD.
The Cowichan Community Health Services (CHS) COPD program provides COPD assessment, education and COPD flare-up support for people with a confirmed (or pending) diagnosis of COPD with moderate to severe symptoms.
The service aims to increase your confidence in self-managing COPD, improving your quality of life by reducing symptoms severity and decreasing the need to be hospitalized. An interdisciplinary health care team will work with clients and their caregivers to address the following: COPD education, creating an action (exacerbation) plan to deal with flare-ups, medication use, energy conservation, airway clearance, pursed lip breathing for relief of breathlessness, exercise conditioning plans, making healthy choices, motivation for smoking cessation or behaviour change and advance care planning. The program may include the following:
The service aims to increase your confidence in self-managing COPD, improving your quality of life by reducing symptoms severity and decreasing the need to be hospitalized. An interdisciplinary health care team will work with clients and their caregivers to address the following: COPD education, creating an action (exacerbation) plan to deal with flare-ups, medication use, energy conservation, airway clearance, pursed lip breathing for relief of breathlessness, exercise conditioning plans, making healthy choices, motivation for smoking cessation or behaviour change and advance care planning. The program may include the following:
- Telephone consultation and follow up
- Clinic visits
- In-person home visits for clients unable to attend clinic
- Home health monitoring
- Exercise and/or education programs
Referrals can be self-referral or physician and can be made through Community Access Services at 250-739-5749. The criteria for referral is:
- In the past 12 months, at least one presentation to the Family Medicine clinic, Emergency department or admission to the hospital for exacerbation of COPD or pneumonia.
- Confirmed or pending diagnosis of COPD with MRC score of 2-5
- Able to participate in COPD program (education, support and exercise)
- Willingness to be referred
- Lives in the Cowichan Valley CHS catchment area
250-739-5749
Toll Free: 1-877-734-4104
6425 Norcross Road, Duncan, British Columbia
The team will be providing service across both Ladysmith and Duncan. They will be using clinic space at 121 Ingram as well as Ladysmith health centre, and will also do home visits as appropriate.
Service is available in English.
Cost: No cost
Referral options:
- Self-referral
- Physician or nurse practitioner referral
Associated Programs/Services
Also offered by Island Health:
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- Community Health Centre (CHC) - Gold River Health Centre
- Community Health Centre (CHC) - Kyuquot Health Centre
Availability
Service area: Chemainus, Cobble Hill, Duncan, Ladysmith, Lake Cowichan, Shawnigan Lake
Service Types Provided
Condition Specific Support
Home Health Care
Ways to Access
- Provided 1:1 in-person
- Provided at home
- Provided by phone
The listing of this service in Pathways is not a recommendation or endorsement by Pathways.