Our Mission
OUR MISSION:
To improve the quality of your life
by improving your ability to breathe.
Our focus throughout the program will be to help you reach your highest possible level of independence, physically and emotionally.
We will provide the appropriate training and support to those people with chronic lung disease in order to progress them forward to reach their maximal personal level of physical, vocational, psychological and social functioning for quality of life within the limitations of their lung disease.
Topics to be covered include
- What is wrong with your lungs
- When to call your doctor
- How to stay healthy and free from infection
- How your medicines work
- How to be more active with less shortness of breath
- How to become stronger and get in better shape
- How to cope with stress
- Other related topics of interest
- Introduction
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Services is the Lung Health Wellness Program at Penobscot Bay Medical Center.
- Education Topics
These are questions we can help you answer and issues we can help you address.
- Goals and Benefits and Program Requirements
Pulmonary Rehabilitation is a program, of education, exercise training and peer support to help patients with chronic lung disease control symptoms, become more active and have a better quality of life.
- Group Meeting Information
Join us the last Tuesday of every month for lung wellness topics, light refreshments and more.
- Our Mission
Pulmonary Rehabilitation Program: A program for patients with lung disease at Penobscot Bay Medical Center's Betty Fisher Rehabilitation Center.
- Program Team
Our team is multi-disciplinary and consists of respiratory therapists, nurses, exercise specialists, dieticians, occupational and physical therapists and other healthcare professionals.
Updated: 11/4/09
This service belongs to the following categories (click to expand):
Lung Health
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