Carers – Making Healthy Choices

Introduction to Making Healthy Choices videos for carers

Choose an area of interest from the list below:

Getting started


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Check out further information on COPD:

Understanding COPD

What is COPD?
Why have I got COPD?
How can COPD affect me?
Why do I feel breathless?
How can COPD affect my mood?
Discovering you have COPD
Smoking and COPD

COPD Getting Started

How your healthcare team works
Getting the best out of your GP
Getting the best out of yourself
Finding out more

Exacerbations & Breathlessness

What can I do if I have an exacerbation?
Clearing your chest
Some devices that may help
Can I avoid having an exacerbation?
Coping with breathlessness
Breathing control
Breathing techniques that may help
Dr Winter talks about breathlessness and how to cope

Medicines you may come across

You and your medicines
Why do medicines matter?
Getting it right
Medicines you may come across
Steroids
Antibiotics
Oxygen

Getting the best out of your inhalers

Living with inhalers
What are my inhalers for?
Getting the best out of your inhalers
The Metered Dose inhaler
The Easi-breather inhaler
The Accuhaler
The Turbohaler
The Respimat inhaler
The Ellipta inhaler
Using a spacer
Using a nebuliser

Living well with COPD

Keeping active
Keeping an eye on your weight
Why do I feel anxious?
Spotting the signs of depression
Coping with anxiety and depression
Looking after yourself
Air pollution and COPD
Cold weather and COPD
Hot weather and COPD
What is pulmonary rehabilitation?
How can pulmonary rehabilitation help me?
Where can I find out more?
Breathe Easy support groups

Smoking & COPD

Smoking and COPD
Why it’s hard to quit
Tools to help you quit
Nicotine replacement therapy
Quitting smoking – help and support
Former smokers in East London and COPD

Staying Positive

Staying positive 1
Staying positive 2
You’re not alone 1
You’re not alone 2
You’re not alone 3

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