Support Groups: Asthma and COPD

National Jewish Health is a proud sponsor of the American Lung Association's Better Breathers Club. The Better Breathers Club is a support group dedicated to helping people learn to live better lives with asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and other lung diseases. Do you have questions about traveling with oxygen or pulmonary rehabilitation? Visit the American Lung Association's Web site to search for Better Breathers Club locations across the country.

You can also find support online at sites such as COPD-Alert.

 

Groups in Colorado

If you live in the Colorado, get answers to all of your lung disease questions at one of the support groups below.

Where in Colorado?

When?

Who?
Denver
Rocky Mountain Better Breathers
National Jewish Health
Rm L111, in the cafeteria		 3rd Thursday of the month
2:30 to 4 pm 		Sherri Michaelis
303-398-1397
Denver
Alpha Beaters - The Alpha 1 Support Group
National Jewish Health 		3rd Wednesday of the month Bill Dawkins
720-870-4204
Denver
Spalding Breathing Support Group
Spalding Rehab Hospital, 900 Potomac St. 		1st Tuesday of the month
10 to 11 am		 Melanie Trent
303-364-3509
Denver
Catch Your Breath
Saint Joseph Hospital (1835 Franklin Street, 80218-1191)		 3rd Thursday of the month
11to 12:30 pm (potluck lunch) 		Tammy
303-837-7759
Denver (Wheat Ridge)
Living With Lung Disease
Exempla Rehabilitation Center Conference Room (9830 I-70 Frontage Road S., 80033) 		1st and 3rd Thursdays of the month
1:00 to 2 pm 		Brenda Crow
303-467-4122
Boulder / Longmont
Easy Breathers
Longmont United Hospital		 2ndWednesday of the month
4:30 pm to 5:30 pm (potluck dinner) 		Barbara Jensen
303-772-3329
Colorado Springs
Better Breathers
Health and Learning Center (1644 Medical Center Point - Union and Fillmore) 		3rd Tuesday of Feb., May, Aug., and Nov.
1:30 to 3 pm 		Patti Shelter
719-776-4717
Colorado Springs
Lung Disease Support Group
Senior Center (1514 N. Hancock - Uintah and Hancock) 		3rd Thursday of the month,
5:30 to 7 pm (light dinner provided) 		Elaine Wozniak
719-365-2223
Colorado Springs
Southern Colorado Pulmonary Hypertension Group
First Lutheran Church (1515 N Cascade - call for directions) 		3rd Sunday of the month
1:00 pm 		Pat Patterson
phpatt@earthlink.net
719-637-1244
Grand Junction
Grand Junction Life Center (1100 Patterson Mt. Garfield Room, 2nd floor)		 1st Wednesday of the month Sept through May
1:30 to 3 pm 		Candy with St. Mary's Pulmonary Rehabilitation Dept.
970-244-6056
Loveland
Better Breathers
Wellness Center at McKee Medical Center (attached to the hospital) 		3rd Tuesday of the month
1 to 3 pm 		Diane Lemon
970-635-4025
Pueblo
Asthma Education
Parkview Medical Center 		Call for details. Jana Misiaszek
719-584-4760
Pueblo
Better Breathers
AARP Office, 1117 S Prairie, 81005 		3rd Tuesday of every month
1:00 to 2:30 pm 		719-948-9848

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