For carers, patients and healthcare professionals:
Below are copies of the information from each of the support topics on this website. You can save these onto your computer or print them by pressing where it says ‘Click here’ below.
‘Understanding breathlessness in COPD‘: Click here
‘Understanding breathlessness in cancer‘: Click here
‘Stress, panic and breathlessness‘: Click here
‘Tools to ease breathlessness‘: Click here
‘Keeping active‘: Click here
‘Living a fulfilling life‘: Click here
‘Managing infections‘: Click here
‘Looking after your own health‘: Click here
‘What to expect in the future‘: Click here
‘As the patient becomes more unwell – for COPD‘: Click here
‘As the patient becomes more unwell – for cancer‘: Click here
‘Accessing care and support – for COPD‘: Click here
‘Accessing care and support – for cancer‘: Click here
‘Talking with your healthcare team‘: Click here
‘When someone dies‘: Click here
Useful links to other sources of information and support
British Lung Foundation
Macmillan
Carers UK
Breathlessness Intervention Service
For healthcare professionals:
If you are a healthcare professional there is information below with guidance on how ‘Supporting someone with breathlessness’ can be best used with carers and patients.
‘How to use – for healthcare professionals‘: Click here
For information about how this resource was developed: Click here
For more information about we identified the 6 topics this website resource covers see: Farquhar, M., Penfold, C., Benson, J., Lovick, R., Mahadeva, R., Howson, S.,…Ewing, G. (2017). Six key topics informal carers and patients with breathlessness in advanced disease want to learn about and why: MRC phase I study to inform an educational intervention. PloS one, 12(5), e0177081.
