Bayhealth expands Better Breathers Club to Milford Memorial

To celebrate pulmonary rehabilitation week March 8-14, Bayhealth announces the expansion of the Better Breathers Club to Bayhealth Milford Memorial. With meetings held at Bayhealth Kent General since 2013, patients and their family members in the Milford area can now benefit from attending a support group with other sufferers of chronic obstructive lung disease.

The meetings will be held from 2:30 to 4 p.m., Thursday, April 16, Tuesday, July 16, and Thursday, Oct. 15, in the Bayhealth Milford Memorial Rehab conference room. Topics discussed at meetings will include COPD awareness, medication management, and physical activity and nutrition. The support group is free to the public; registration is not required.

Milford resident James “Jimmy” Jefferson attended the first meeting of the Better Breathers Club in January and now encourages others to attend future support group meetings. Jefferson, a Korean War veteran, suffers from COPD, asthma and acute bronchitis.

“I would recommend anyone that has COPD or asthma to, if they can, get into the Pulmonary Rehab Program and attend the Better Breathers Support Group meetings,” Jefferson said. “You’re going to learn something new every time you come.”

For more information on meetings at Milford, contact Rachael Ali-Permell at 302-430-5648. For more information on meetings at Kent, contact Clinical Educator Terry Towne at 302-744-6724. Go to www.bayhealth.org/classes for a list of support groups or call 877-453-7101 toll free.

The Bayhealth Better Breathers Club is made possible through the Delaware Division of Public Health’s Tobacco Prevention Community Contract. Funding for the contract is provided by the Delaware Health Fund and managed by the American Lung Association of Delaware.