Overview
Your lung capacity is the total amount of air that your lungs can hold. Over time, our lung capacity and lung function typically decrease slowly as we age after our mid-20s. Some conditions like chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) can significantly speed up these reductions in lung capacity and functioning. This leads to difficulty in breathing and shortness of breath.
COPD
COPD is one of the most common primary diagnosis for many residents living in a nursing home. How a facility focuses on helping residents suffering from COPD is therefore of paramount importance.
Regency Nursing Centers of New Jersey has been at the forefront of ongoing healthcare education and initiatives aimed at facilitating an awareness of this disease and an understanding of the various techniques and breathing exercises which help our residents stay healthy and avoid exacerbation.
The COPD Foundation has some excellent material on this subject and I would encourage you to take a look, especially at the sections on pulmonary rehabilitation and ‘Diaphragmatic breathing.’
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Expert Pulmonary Rehabilitation at Regency Park Nursing Center, HAZLET, NJ
A quiet and welcoming haven. That’s how many of our residents describe Regency Park. Perhaps it’s our picture-perfect location, the casually elegant lifestyle, or the sense of security and safety that Regency living inspires. Whatever the reasons, the feeling of warmth, caring and freedom is everywhere in this beautiful, home-like setting at the gateway to the Jersey shore.
Nestled in a shady grove of stately oak tress, the 170-bed Regency Park is designed for optimum comfort, safety and accessibility. Our interdisciplinary team of experienced caregivers and support staff is specially trained to meet the widely varying and changing needs of our residents and patients, including the elderly, those suffering from prolonged illnesses or disabilities, as well as those who need short-term rehabilitation. Services range from 24-hour skilled nursing to sub-acute care and assistance with basic requirements of everyday living.
We recently opened our heralded and dedicated Pulmonary Rehab program and have received excellent feedback thus far from our families and our partner hospitals, including Bayshore Community Hospital in Holmdel, NJ and Riverview Hospital in Red Bank, NJ.
Contact Doris in Admissions for more information: 732-264-5800
