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

This Month's Meeting:

Date: September 12, 2011

Time: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.

Location: Bosher Auditorium
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Speaker: Brooke Groth, VIRGINIA FARM BUREAU Insurance Instructor

Brooke Groth
Topic: MEDICARE & MEDIGAP (A & B) THE PRESCRIPTION Plan (Part D) that suits you best. WE are in Search of the BEST Insurance Plans for you.

Refreshments courtesy of LINCARE

Handicap accessible, ADA Compliant

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

About Brooke Groth

Brooke Groth graduated from Western Michigan University with a Bachelors degree in Biomedical Sciences. She has worked for Virginia Farm Bureau since 2009.

She currently holds the position of sales and operations specialist for the Health Care Consultants division.

Prior to moving to Virginia, she was employed at Farm Bureau of Michigan, working as an insurance solicitor. In addition to providing training for the Anthem brokers of Virginia Farm Bureau, she also provides guidance and expertise for Virginians’ health insurance needs.

In her free time, she enjoys reading, playing guitar, and hiking with her two dogs, Jake and Annie.

Brooke Groth
Health Care Consultants Sales and Operations Specialist
Virginia Farm Bureau Insurance
(o) 804-290-1124
(f) 804-290-1097

Mark Your Calendar for OCTOBER!
Next Month’s Topic: Flu and Pneumonia Shots by WALGREENS PHCY & CDC FLU REPORT

Speaker: JIM FARRELL, Center for Disease Control & Virginia Dept of Health

FLU SHOTS

Flu, Pneumonia, Shingles

We will be providing shots on 10-10-11 at the regular meeting in October! Walgreens will bring the medicine and a privacy curtain for administering the shots.

Please let us know if you want a flu, pneumonia, or shingles shot so that the Walgreens Pharmacy can be prepared.

Event provided by WALGREENS  and Dana Elam, Pharmacist.

Breath Matters 804-378-0628

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.

Resource links

1. Alpha-1 Foundation
2. American Academy of Allergy Asthma & Immunology (AAAAI)
3. American College of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology
4. COPD Foundation
5. Cystic Fibrosis Research Foundation
6. Drive 4 COPD
7. National Home Oxygen Patients Association
8. The LAM Foundation - Lymphangiomyomatosis - research and support
9. National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
10. National Jewish Medical and Research Center
11. National Emphysema COPD Association NECA
12. Pulmonary Hypertension Association
13. Pulmonary Fibrosis Foundation
14. The Pulmonary Paper
15. Society of Thoracic Surgeons
16. Surgeon General's Tobacco Cessation Guideline
17. Sarcoidosis Resources
18. www.ipftoday.com
19. www.coalitionforpf.org
20. www.huff-n-puff.net
21. www.ipfnet.org
22. www.ASCENDTrial.com
23. www.thoraic.org PDF
24. Pulmonary Fibrosis Friends Yahoo Group

More links being organized, if you have suggestions of good, quality information sources, please send it to us.

HELP US!

Do you know of a currently operating pulmonary support group? We are compiling a list for this website: if you know of one, let us know. Thanks.