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THIS IS AN ARCHIVE PAGE FOR A MEETING WHICH HAS CONCLUDED

Join us for a fun summer full of support for our community members and new guests!

This Month Meeting:

Date: July 11, 2011

Time: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Location: Bosher Auditorium
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Speaker: Joanne Peart of
VCU School of Pharmacy

Joanne Peart
Assoc. Professor,
VCU School of Pharmacy

Topic: INHALATION DELIVERY DEVICES.
Courtesy Of: Louisa Home Care


Bosher Auditorium
Chippenham Medical Center
7101 Jahnke Road
Richmond, VA 23225


About Joanne Peart

Joanne Peart is Assistant Professor at Virginia Commonwealth University (VCU) School of Pharmacy in Richmond, Virginia. Following her PhD, she joined the Aerosol Research Group at VCU, where she has continued to investigate the electrostatic properties of inhalation aerosols, including metered dose inhalers, dry powder inhalers and spacer devices. Dr Peart has published a series of original research articles in aerosol electrostatics and has made several invited presentations at national and international symposia. She is a registered pharmacist in Great Britain and is a member of the American Association of Pharmaceutical Scientists, the Aerosol Society, the Institute of Physics and the Electrostatics Society of America. Dr Peart co-organises the Respiratory Drug Delivery Conference series and co-edits the published proceedings. She has a degree in Pharmacy and a PhD in Aerosol Pharmaceutics from the University of Bath.


Mark Your Calendar for AUGUST!
Next Month’s Topic: Proper Use of Inhalers and Nebulizers

Speaker: Janet Pinson,
Nurse Practitioner VCU Ambulatory Care

Questions? Call the Facilitator, Russell Glover (804) 378.0628. Donation in Memoriam page


OUR SPONSORS

Chippemham Hospital of CJW is our largest supporter

Lincare, Rachele Clement, Representative

Louisa Home Care, Roger Householder, Representative

Roberts Home Medical, Jo Lynn Hamelman Supervisor


Benefits of Joining A Support Group

With an illness like Lung Disease, often a feeling of hopelessness and loss of control becomes the norm. With a support group, participants are able to regain that sense of control and exercise authority toward management of their situation.

Support groups can be instrumental in improving psychological motivation. By simply getting "out of the house" and joining with other people with an understanding of the problems being faced, a positive attitude can be nurtured and improved.

WHO CAN JOIN

Any individual that is lung affected can become a member. However, recognizing that it is not only the individual with the lung disease that needs support we encourage the caregivers or “care partners” and other family to join and attend the meetings. Learning and receiving support together helps to equalize the disease experience for all who are involved.

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Virginia Easy Access is the name of a website developed for seniors, adults with disabilities, their caregivers and the providers that support them. Virginia Easy Access is full of helpful information about services and supports that are available across the Commonwealth.

Website: Virginia Easy Access

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