'Amazing' service helps to improve patients' quality of life
PATIENTS suffering from chronic respiratory conditions have praised a "amazing" rehabilitation service – which has helped cut the number of people being admitted to hospital.
For the last three years, the Hope Specialist Service in Grimsby's East Marsh has given Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) sufferers from across the region chance to improve their quality of life.
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Service user Betty Huckle, 85, of Waltham, receives advice on one of the exercise machines from Tanya Smith, one of the physiotherapist technical instructors at the clinic.
Great grandmother Betty Huckle, aged 84, from Waltham, who has suffered from asthma since she was a child, was referred to the centre after being diagnosed with emphysema about three years ago.
She said: "When I first came I struggled to do any activity. Then I completed an eight week course where they taught me how to breath properly and how to use the exercise machines.
"Now I can use the rowing and cycling machines and I notice a real difference in my day to day life."
To find out more about the award winning service, see today's Grimsby Telegraph.
Comments
by pat, Cleethorpes
Monday, August 16 2010, 11:47AM
“Well done to all concerned.
I have had a similar experience with the Cardiac Rehabilitation Course held in Cleethorpes. Liz Horner, Cardiac Nurse Specialist, has provided support and advice at a difficult time and a lifeline for scores of people who have had open heart surgery. The confidence we have gained, through her efforts, have helped myself and others so much in making a good recovery so far. She provides a lifeline to all of us and nothing for her is too much trouble. I can now proudly regard her as my friend.
I am sure that sufferers of COPD feel exactly the same. If these services are in any way reduced the NHS is letting us all down, the services must save a fortune in preventative care plus giving all who use them the confidence and ability to lead normal lives.”