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...If you have been a caregiver longer than 24 hours, you have dealt with a grumpy patient.  Those days when it doesn’t seem like anything that you do is right...

...As someone who has written a journal on my journey with COPD for a several years I often receive emails from frightened readers. Or notice a search engine query asking if...

...I cared for my mother, who had end-stage COPD, for more than four years. It was tough, emotionally and physically, every day. Of course, it's much harder on the person who...

...Now that you have become a caregiver, you will find that everyone has an opinion.  Not only are you hearing these opinions, but your patient is hearing them as well...

...As many people in our community know, having COPD can get expensive! So, we asked our experts John, Leon, and Lyn for tips and advice on affording COPD medication. Check out...

...There is something that I have learned from many years of having been a co-caregiver for my mother.  You can do more than you think you can.  Your desire to...

...The one thing most if not all us with COPD have in common is – we don't breathe right. Even though we fought to breathe from birth many of us never...

...You will find other articles about the options for exercise and respiratory therapy, but what is your role as the caregiver for these things?  You are the encourager, towel carrier...

...The Social Security Administration is a branch of the United States federal government that provides disability benefits to individuals who cannot work due to long-term disability. Benefits are provided through...

...You've probably heard the old saying, "Knowledge is power." This is never more true than when dealing with a new diagnosis of COPD, also known as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease...

...Elaborate houses, immense crops, herds and herds of livestock, and a truly eclectic collection of stuff.  Can you guess what this might describe?  If you said FarmVille, a game played...

...While dyspnea (labored or shortness of breath) is often the most experienced, and most recognized, symptom of COPD, fatigue, or lack of energy, is frequently cited as an even more...

...In the first few years after my mother’s COPD diagnosis, I spent countless hours researching the disease. The big thing that kept showing up was: “There is no cure.” Those...