Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

Ultimate Plus Hospice’s Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) program expertly brings together a multidisciplinary team of skilled in-home clinicians and employs the latest physician-supervised processes to detect, intervene, and resolve problems as quickly as possible; this program adopts a comprehensive approach that allows individuals to manage their diseases effectively at home while simultaneously avoiding unnecessary trips to the hospital, thus ensuring continuity of care in a comfortable, familiar environment.

Our program goals include:

  • Manage and improve symptoms

  • Reduce required visits to hospital

  • Improve independence

  • Improve movement and activity

  • Education on when to call for help

A caregiver goes over a treatment plan with her client

COPD –
What you need to know

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a common lung disease. The disease is progressive, which means the disease gets worse over time. The term COPD includes two main conditions:

  1. Emphysema – walls between the air sacs are damaged, causing them to lose their shape
    and become floppy or destroy the walls of the air sacs, leading to fewer and larger sacs instead of many tiny ones. If this happens, the amount of oxygen exchange in the lungs
    is reduced, making it more difficult to breathe.

  2. Chronic Bronchitis – the lining of the airways is constantly irritated and inflamed, causing the lining to thicken. Thick mucus forms in the airways, limiting the amount of oxygen and making it more difficult to breathe.

Most people with COPD experience both emphysema and chronic obstructive bronchitis. COPD
is a serious illness that can greatly affect your entire way of life.

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