RESOURCE LIST FOR COPD
The following organizations may be helpful in helping you care for someone with COPD:
American Lung Association
1301 Pennsylvania Ave., NW
Suite 800
Washington, DC 20004
Phone:
To contact the local office nearest you: 1-800-LUNGUSA (586-4872)
To speak to a lung health professional: 1-800-548-8252
To contact the national headquarters: 1-212-315-8700
About Us: "Now in its second century, the American Lung Association is the leading organization working to save lives, improve lung health and prevent lung disease."
Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America
1233 20th Street NW
Suite 402
Washington, DC 20036
Phone: 1-800-7-ASTHMA (727-8462)
(202) 466-7643
(202) 466-8940
Email: info@aafa.org
About Us: The AAFA is „"the leading patient organization for people with asthma and allergies ...[it] provides practical information, community-based services and support."
COPD International
131 DW Highway #627
Nashua, NH 03060
Email: webmaster@COPD-International.com
About Us: "COPD-International is a nonprofit organization whose purpose is to provide information and interactive support for COPD patients, caregivers, families and concerned individuals."
COPD Support, Inc.
c/o Janice L. Reynolds
85 Main St.
Windham, ME 04062
Email: management@copd-support.com
About Us: "COPD-Support provides a variety of programs where patients and caregivers can talk to each other, sharing ideas and experiences."
Efforts [Emphysema Foundation For Our Right To Survive]
239 NE Hwy 69
Suite D
Claycomo, MO 64119
Fax: 1-816-413-0176
About Us: "As well as providing a very vital support, through a joint email discussion list and educational resource for its members, [Efforts is] also working to educate and inform patients and care providers as well as promote deeper research for more effective treatment and hopefully a cure for Emphysema and other Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease. "
National Emphysema Foundation
128 East Avenue
Norwalk, CT 06851
Tel: 1-203-866-5000
Fax: 1-203-286-1105
About Us: "Its mission is to improve the quality of life of patients with emphysema, chronic obstructive lung disease, asthma or related lung diseases with information and education for families."
National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute
Health Inforamtion Center
P.O. Box 30105
Bethesda, MD 20824-0105
Phone: 1-301-592-8573
Fax: 1-240-629-3246
TTY: 1-240-629-3255
Email: info@nhlbi.nih.gov
About Us: The NHLBI "provides leadership for a national program in diseases of the heart, blood vessels, lung, and blood; blood resources; and sleep disorders."